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This one-act play is based in part upon some of the author’s experiences as an opinion columnist for a northeast Georgia weekly newspaper. The action takes place in the city park gazebo at Vickery, a small town in northeast Georgia. Mark Fredericks the owner, publisher, and editor of the Vickery Citizen newspaper sits behind a table workingRead more

National and state Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRAs) and the U.S. Constitution conflict with each other in important aspects. This divergence arises because many citizens fail to understand, or are unwilling to admit, that the explicit words of our noble secular Constitution are silent on religious matters except by exclusion. RFRAs, however, attempt to imposeRead more

My immediately preceding post discussed Ms. Kim Davis, the clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky, and her supporters who have attempted to force their theological ideas onto all citizens of that county with respect to same gender marriage, which she opposes as a result of her fundamentalist distortions of Holy Scripture. I argued that Ms. DavisRead more

The much-publicized case of Ms. Kimberly Jean Bailey Davis (Ms. Kim Davis) the elected country clerk for Rowan County, KY intrigues me on several levels. Ms. Davis defied an order from Judge David L. Bunning of the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky that she issue marriage licenses to same gender couples. ThisRead more

Two of my favorite quotes apply to our broken immigration policy. The first appeared in the old comic strip, Pogo, which I miss immensely: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” That is, often times we tend to blame external sources for problems that actually originate from within ourselves. The second quote comesRead more

Two earlier posts on this forum describe my family history as legal immigrants to, and subsequently as citizens of, the United States: https://mikefrosolono.com/immigration-and-assimilation https://mikefrosolono.com/rational-immigration In summary, I am the great grandson and grandson of Italian immigrants. That is, like all U.S. citizens and legal residents, I am part of an immigrant nation. I become moreRead more

I mentioned in a previous post how much I enjoy making the transition from sleep to fully awake most mornings by listening to National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. Several days ago, a program once again caught my attention, this time with great satisfaction rather than alarum. The transcript from the program is in the followingRead more

Most mornings, our bedside Bose clock radio sounds an alarm ten minutes before the time I wanted, the night before, to get out of bed. This interval allows my brain and body to communicate over the prospect of arising. Often this dialog takes the following format: Brain to Body: “Get up, you’ve spent too muchRead more

Full disclosure: I am a Judeo-Christian who struggles to profess, witness to, and worship Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior; and I also wrestle with how to serve all my brothers and sisters in imitation of Christ. In the political arena, my politics are those of Jesus Christ resurrected. I think of God as aRead more

I rejoice with my Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) brothers and sisters now that the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has ruled same sex marriage is a Constitutional right applicable to all states within our country. Legal scholars, as well as those among us not trained in the law, may debateRead more