Author: Carma Henry

       America entered the twenty-first century carrying an ideological disease it never completely cured. Critics argue that among a segment of staunch white conservative Republicans exists a fear that an increasingly multiracial democracy—and the political empowerment of Black Americans, immigrants, LGBTQ Americans, and other historically marginalized groups—threatens a social order historically dominated by white Americans.

Good Morning is perhaps Trump’s only daily truth…. maybe

     Yet that scenario is unfolding right now, and the battleground is the World Cup tournament – soon to begin in cities around the U.S. To understand the dynamics of the situation, consider the concept of state terror, i.e. a regime’s efforts to instill fear as a means of dividing and disempowering a people, thereby tightening its grip on power.

       Cognitive dissonance, the mental distress felt by people who hold two or more conflicting beliefs simultaneously, offers some insight. People naturally desire harmony in their lives. Those who celebrated Trump’s candidacy in the 2020 election were angered when the results were tallied. Their beliefs did not align with the facts.

     There has been rapid growth in college sports. Increased scholarships, television deals and new conference alignments have all been a part of it. Now let’s add the possibility of players signing professional football contracts and then returning to play in college.

     When asked by reporters at the White House on Thursday whether the intense and sustained air campaign by American forces would be over by the midterm elections, Vice President JD Vance replied: “I wouldn’t call it a war.” What Vance didn’t say is that he has long held doubts about the war, so much so that he took the unusual—and commendable—step last spring of asking US commanders in the Middle East and elsewhere for their individual assessments of every aspect of the war, from Iran’s resistance to US weapons stockpiles.

      “Pretend that I’m on the ballot.”–Donald Trump, at his midterm rally/“Trumpapalooza convention.”

     A 19-year-old Michigan teen who fatally shot a mall gunman in July was sentenced to two years of probation for illegally carrying his own weapon.

Celebrating Annika Ashton, Broward County’s First Black Woman County Attorney

       For the family behind Kurtz & McFadden Family Funeral Home, Inc., the opening of their new funeral home represents all of those things—and so much more.