Essay Topics

Family

  • To Whom Much Is Given – Thanksgiving & Christmas Food Baskets!
  • Mad Props To Parents – Geniuses After All!!!
  • So, Who Is This Mister Charley???  He Sure Gets Around!
  • Dad’s Defacto Office: The Upstairs Bathroom
  • His “Sonny Boy”, Any Time…

‘My Peeps’

  • B.I.L.L. – My Top 10+
  • Who Are They Talking About? – Grown Folks Business: A Tribute
  • Rosalind

Politics

  • The Trump Voter: 2024
  • The Great Betrayal . . . At The Margins – The 2024 Election

Media

  • A Double Standard, By Any Other Name…
  • Social Media . . . Nope!!!

Race

  • The Invisibleness Of Blackness
  • Maintaining/Reassessing White Friendships In The Era of Trump & Trumpism
  • January 6th Massacre
  • White Privilege Is Not Having To…
  • Upwardly Mobile Blacks In A White Society: A Very Lonely Existence
  • Follow Your Dreams… Not Always The Best Black Parental Advice
  • Gentrification: Powder Keg (A Recipe For Disaster)

Culture

  • From Soccer Mom To Uber Driver
  • Ball Of Confusion!!!
  • 25 Signs That You Drive Just Like An Old Lady
  • Since When Did Stop Signs Turn Into Yield Signs?
  • Fixin’ Cars . . . A Lost Art
  • No Shame – Go Fund Me…
  • I’ve Always Wondered About Dog/Cat People…
  • Old Folks and Cell Phones . . . A Lethal Combination
  • Big Houses: A Cultural Phenomenon
  • Talking At The Movies . . . Shush, Please!!!

Life’s Blessings & Passions

  • The Death of The Cool – Old Man Walking
  • Pedigree
  • Mathematics . . . My First Love!
  • Black Theater – A Revelation!
  • The Movies
  • The Blessings of Retirement . . . 10 Years and Counting

“Keepin’ It 100!”

  • Playa, Playa . . . Old School!
  • Someday My Prince Will Come… Snap Out Of It, Ladies!!!
  • No Chicken Here, Please!!!
  • I Ain’t Scared!
  • Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover!

Sports

  • Why I Stopped Watching The N.F.L.

Jazz

  • East Coast Jazz Party
  • Ode To Creed Taylor & CTI Records
  • In My Wildest Jazz Dreams, I’m…
  • “Class . . . Class . . . Shut Up!!! Thank You!”
  • My Newest Playlist: Monk’s Music
  • Trane’s Tempo
  • A Serious Jazz Fan’s Dilemma – Where To Go???
  • Why I Don’t Care For “Smooth Jazz”: Gag Me With A Spoon!!!
  • Meet Kenneth Cobb, All About Jazz