Mitch's Blog

(originally published April 18th, 2006) I can’t even repeat my first thoughts from earlier today when I heard that the Alabama legislature had given final approval to a bill, called “The Rose Parks Bill”, that sets up a process to “pardon” Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr, and others who had been convicted of violating […]

(originally posted April 2nd, 2006) The recent story of sexual assault at Duke University highlights one of the major reasons why racism needs to be addressed. It’s not the part about the alleged assault as much as the perception of “haves” versus “nots” in a community where the cost of going to the university in […]

(originally published January 31st, 2006) Earlier this month I wrote something about Martin Luther King, Jr, and today I write something about his wife. I was only 8 years old when Dr. King was assassinated, so most of the history I have with him is through books and movies. However, Coretta Scott King has been […]

(originally published March 14th, 2005) I’m a big fan of professional wrestling. I’ve been watching it since I was 10 years old, the year my dad went to Vietnam. I appreciate the talent and strength of these big men, who can do some amazing things with their bodies. As much as people think it’s fake, […]

(originally published March 7th, 2005) As this particular NPR story illustrates, today is the 40th anniversary of the civil rights march on Selma, which dsiintegrates into one of the worst events in modern American history, known all these years later as “Bloody Sunday.” What’s ironic is that the main purpose of the march was for […]