by Mitch Randall | Jul 1, 2020 | Opinion
Around the world, certain dialects have one word expressing two meanings: goodbye and hello. Salut! Ciao! Servus! Aloha! All of these words have a dual purpose in French, Italian, German and Hawaiian. As English speakers, we do not possess a single word communicating...
by Mitch Randall | Jun 18, 2020 | Opinion
Slavery didn’t officially end in Texas until June 19, 1865, when approximately 250,000 ex-slaves heard the news from Major Gen. Gordon Granger of the Union Army. The general cited General Orders, Number 3: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance...
by Mitch Randall | Jun 11, 2020 | Opinion
Democracy teetered on the brink of collapse on June 1. Responding to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the hands of police a week earlier, thousands of citizens marched demanding justice. They declared that Black Lives Matter and advocated for a...
by Mitch Randall | Jun 2, 2020 | Opinion
People of good faith need to stand boldly for racial justice and denounce the evils of racism and white supremacy. Rooted in the belief that God created all people in the divine image, every person has equal value and natural rights. Any attempts to infringe or...
by Mitch Randall | May 28, 2020 | Opinion
A white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on the neck of George Floyd, restricting the African American man’s breathing. Floyd repeatedly called out, “I can’t breathe.” The incident captured on video eventually shows Floyd lying motionless near the rear of a police...
