On the eighth day of Black History Month and the first night of the Winter Olympics, gold medal track and field athlete— and human rights advocate— Tommie Smith delivered a speech at Solano Community College Theatre. Fifty years earlier, Smith and fellow runner John Carlos raised gloved fists at the medal ceremony at the Summer […]
Human rights advocate, former Olympian to speak at Solano Community College
Solano Community College will be commemorating Black History Month with a series of events throughout February. To kick things off, the college will be hosting a speech by noted Olympian and human rights activist Tommie Smith at the SCC Theatre. Smith was a track and field star who competed in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico […]
A Different Drummer: My Olympics viewing
I’m going for the Gold Medal in Couch Potato Olympics viewing. Since the opening ceremonies I’ve been planted in my living room recliner watching every televised event, and I’m loving it, and I’m guilt free. I’m not a big sports fan, but I’ve always been a fan of the Olympic Games, and I’ve never got […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Changing Channels (An Ode to NBC)
Every couple years The World Olympic Games are aired We have to turn on NBC To see how countries fared Michael Phelps is mining gold The pride of Baltimore Tiny little gymnasts Tara, Weir; but wait there’s more! The network’s spending billions So that we will watch “Today” In hopes that they can sell some […]
Notes from 30,000 Feet: Voter ID, unions and bringing home the gold?
“The real reason the left wants to make sure that individuals without voter ID are allowed to vote is because they are expected to vote for Democrats.” — Phyllis Schlafly THE ABOVE QUOTE BY PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY COULD BE REVERSED could be reversed, with the charge that Republicans are for voter ID laws only because of […]