A College Town’s Confederate Legacy
I grew up in Oxford, Mississippi, home of the University of Mississippi — Ole Miss — and one of the most progressive places in the state....
Sycamore Moon
It stood there Smiling softly ‘neath the glow From above Its movements Sweet and gentle As the wind Through its boughs An autumn night...
The Rhetoric of Racism is Subtly Baked into Our Everyday Lives
Last night I was filling out some innocuous online forms, and for the first time stopped to really pay attention to the race/ethnicity...
You
There is no one In the world As important As you are To me To others To the world You helped Change In your own way On your own terms You...
Blink
We blink In And out Of existence Meaningless Drops in Impenetrable Darkness We are All that lights The world #Poetry
What School Choice Should Look Like
Last week I published a piece about the shortcomings of school choice in addressing educational inequity. The false elixir of school...
On the Wall of the Tomb
It is written In the past On the dark Forgotten Wall, of those Who came before Enduring memories Of lost names Faded pictures Imagining...
The Misleading Elixir of School Choice
The School Shuffle and the Burden of Inconsistency Advocates of school choice are correct when they say parents and students should be...
In My Mind
Who am I A dream once asked And indeed I did not know A flower maybe Or perhaps a weed Struggling up Through the snow Identity is A...
The Biological and Cultural Evolution of Religion
Why Does Religion Exist? I’m an atheist in the strict sense of the word. I do not believe in an omnipotent being, nor do I put my faith...
