When I was around six or seven years old, my best friend and neighbor, Raymond, told me the story of how our earth was made. I found it fascinating and thought that Raymond must have been the most intelligent person in the world. It was some time before I realized…

At less than 15 minutes long, the featurette, “One, Two, Three, Eyes On Me,” left a mark I can’t erase. A few weeks ago, I watched a movie that was one of the most disturbing movies I have ever watched on HBO. So disturbing, as a matter of fact, that…

Distrust is stopping us from using it. We have the technology to conduct secure voting. The technology is not 100% un-hackable. Society has not invented Hacker-proof technology yet. However, it can provide security, anonymity, and accuracy to ensure fair elections.ff Then why are we not using digital technology to vote…

The New Black Vanguard Exhibition is Coming to a Place Near You (hopefully) At a recent visit to the Detroit Institute of Art, I was lucky enough to catch the last day of the exhibition, The New Black Vanguard — Photography Between Art and Fashion. The photos in this collection…

You don't have to spend a fortune to receive quality Cybersecurity Training. There are several pathways to a career in cybersecurity. Some of the skillsets for cybersecurity overlap, such as pen testing and network analysis, and some require different skillsets, such as risk management or contingency planning. The best way…

a personal perspective on an iconic legend Sidney Poitier was the most iconic Black actor for almost three-quarters of a century. We could always look to this larger-than-life figure and imagine what life could be like for African Americans both on and off-screen. As a boy growing up in the…

I recovered from COVID-19 over a year ago — or did I? My COVID experience was a family affair. I, my wife, and two grown children went through COVID in November of 2020. Of the four of us, my symptoms were less severe. If I did not know about COVID…

during the pandemic, I turned my attention to our avian neighbors I’ve been taking photographs of Colorado birds for a few years and I’ve run into a sort of cul-de-sac as far as the frequency of finding and photographing new birds species. So when I do find new species to…

using apps for simple tasks does not make you a tech-savvy I'm old enough to remember what life was like before email. I was in the military-industrial complex during the '70s through the '90s. To put it in its most straightforward way, that was the time the military went from…