Opinion

Most of us are familiar with the old rhyme “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” While many of us may have been told…

By VICKIE CORNELIUS PHIPPS A Seat on the Aisle Playwright Pearl Cleage’s 1992 historical drama, Flyin’ West is set in the all-Black town of Nicodemus on the Kansas frontier in…

Addressing the wickedness of slavery in 1850, the great American abolitionist Frederick Douglass said the practice “violates the great law of liberty, written on every human heart.” Further, he said,…

A few years before my husband and I had our first child, we suffered two early miscarriages. The first loss was devastating; the second loss was terrifying. I truly did…

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius I don’t know about you, but I do feel that I have slowed…

Hunger is a cruel battleground. Those in the fight usually don’t choose to be in this struggle. Battles are waged in silence, embarrassment, solitude, and fear. Dads who are afraid…

Last week, Mrs. K and I traveled to Fort Ben to take in opening night of Theatre Unchained’s latest production – John Cariani’s Love/Sick. The play has been called a…

Run, Forrest, run! I love the movie, Forrest Gump. How can 1994 seem like only yesterday? I’ve never looked at a box of chocolates the same way since I watched…

Earlier this week, I spent a few days back home in southern Indiana for work. When down there, I try to arrange a meal with my daughter, Delaney, who is…