Humanizing the homeless

Published in St. Louis American – April 27, 2017 I was totally disgusted when I read what happened to the residents of the New Life Evangelistic Center (NLEC) when the city finally forced the closing of the homeless shelter. New Life opened its doors in 1976 and carried out its mission until the downtown site […]

Human rights under a Donald Trump

Published St. Louis American, December 20, 2016 On December 10, there was a global celebration of human rights. Locally, the St. Louis Coalition for Human Rights recognized its 20th anniversary. This is the day that the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. We have a president charging into the White House […]

It is time to redirect our anger

St. Louis American, Updated Nov 16, 2016 It is now time to dissect the facts of the Trump presidency. It is time to redirect our anger, frustrations and other intense emotions into strategic shovels that will dig us out of the hole that we’ve dug for ourselves. Let’s start with Hillary Clinton: wrong candidate, wrong campaign […]