Photo by: Jaylen Hodge/WGAL This essay was published in the Lancaster, PA newspaper (LNP) on Wednesday June 18, 2025. I had the opportunity to participate in a recent benefit concert for Church World Service Lancaster, planned and implemented by Barry Kornhauser of Millersville University’s Office of Visual and Performing Arts and hosted by the Ware […]
No sooner had I posted an essay on how the purveyors of “Anti-Wokeism” are cowards, did the Republican Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, provide another example of not only that cowardice but also how he has done something that will, over time, make all Floridians poorer. DeSantis recently vetoed $32 million in state funding for
As someone who held a career scoring record in basketball, only to have it broken by a once-in-a-generation talent, I feel for the legacy of “Pistol Pete” Maravich. Maravich held the NCAA career Division I scoring record of 3,667 points for 54 years before the University of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark finished her collegiate career with
Sustained business growth and success requires strategic risk-taking. Companies look to expand their markets, products, and customer base to remain relevant and profitable. They are forward and progressive in their outlook and strategy. That’s what corporate “Research and Development” is about a strategy and effort to remain on the cutting edge of knowledge relating to
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“I’m Not Racist… Am I?” is a documentary film released in 2023 by The Calhoun School and Point Made Films that is getting some attention lately. The film follows 12 New York City teenagers from diverse racial and socioeconomic backgrounds as they go through a series of workshops and conversations on how to confront racism.
In 2006 I founded and continue to run Music For Everyone, a “non-profit” organization with amission to cultivate the power of music as an educational and community-building tool inLancaster County, PA. Given that I had no previous experience in this world, my learning curveover the past 18 years has been long and steep. The most
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As the founder and executive director of a music related Community Benefit Organization (CBO), I constantly think of how to more effectively leverage the power and potential of music to impact lives and exert positive community impact. After almost eighteen years of leading MFE, I have come to appreciate that when it comes to potential
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“The way to right wrongs is to shine the light of truth upon them.” —Ida B. Wells-Barnett Is systemic racism in our nation only a “Black problem?” Some believe so. Politicians, social scientists, and pundits often couch the challenges racism presents in terms of “What is America going to do about its ‘Black problem?”’ Before
I’ve published seven books, mostly about education reform and the role and impact of athletics and music on our educational system and society. One of those, Sports in School: The Future of an Institution, is a book I edited. Once published, I vowed never to edit another. Asking a dozen or so individuals to write
“Unfortunately, ‘post racism’ is also a myth, like unicorns and Black people who survive until the end of the movie.” — Justin Simien It’s often been said we now live in a post-racial society simply because Barack Obama was elected president twice; for those who believe that I have a few questions. Are we in
