Black History Month was created to focus attention on the contributions of African Americans to the United States.

It honors all Black people from all periods of U.S. history, from the enslaved people first brought over from Africa in the early 17th century to African Americans living in the United States today. However, the structural barriers to black economic equality continue. Also, access to education, disparities in the criminal justice system, a lack of opportunity and wage gaps in corporate America, just to name a few.

Every one of us faces constant obstacles that could potentially derail our progress toward individual and steady success.

I recall a younger time when mortality seemed like a myth. When the thought of getting hurt was secondary to the joy of being involved in a great adventure. I invite everyone to feel invincibility pulsating through our veins, somewhat of a nervous system reset.  

POTUS Joe Biden has done a remarkable job. We have a GOP majority Congress, the do-nothing US House of Representatives. 

They are essentially dysfunctional, filled with nasty little trolls who serve only their interests. Our Supreme Court has been deliberately rigged to support the rich and the corporations they control, as well as keep women in a second-class status.

This nao Trinidad was the flagship leading the Magellan-Elcano expedition on the first around-the-world voyage.

Did you know that “Mack the Knife” has a long history of violence dating back to 1928, when it was written for a German play?

The song tells of a knife-wielding criminal of the London underworld from the musical named Macheath, the "Mack the Knife" - The essence of the song is: Oh, look who's coming onstage, it's Mack the Knife—a thief, murderer, arsonist, and rapist.