Did you know that someone proposed a new “Alphabet Song”? One that rids us of the famed LMNOP (read “ellemenopee”) in favor of each letter getting its shine in the song. Of the few things that brought me joy this 2020, watching people on social media mourning the loss…

A red herring, according to Oxford English Dictionary, is something that intentionally or unintentionally misleads or distracts from an important question. …

I am proud to be black. And also…america makes it exhausting. — “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.” — Fannie Lou Hamer I am proud to be black. And also…being black is exhausting. For every “for the culture” moment that lifts our spirits to the sky, there are at least ten other tragic moments that come along and clip…

It is time to dismantle the meritocracy. At least when it is served up as an exemplar of a clear, transparent, and flawless system for weighing and defining value and worth. Because true meritocracy is a myth. Sure, it feels good to say. We should reward merit — good and…

In the fable of the tortoise and the hare, we see the patient, consistent, tortoise wins a race against the faster hare. Literally, the tortoise caught the hare sleeping. And while we can debate whether this fable could actually net out to be true in the real world (I’d…