For once, I think the United States should keep its mask off. And I mean this in a figurative sense, of course. COVID is alive and well within the country, so keep those medical masks on.
But you know what’s also thriving in good ‘ole 2021? Right-wing extremists.
And it certainly didn’t take the storming of Capitol Hill for me to notice. They’ve always been here — as far back as the Civil War, in fact. …
December 10, 2014, New York. You search for your seat in the large chamber belonging to the Trusteeship Council. The rapid beats of drums fill the air. At the center stands a small group of African musicians dressed in traditional garbs of red and green, adorned with white feather frills along their arms which sway as they chant and echo the lead musician.
Delegates shake hands as they enter. They say their greetings in each other’s ears. These words of course overlap, shift into laughs and waves of conversations. …