By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on April 5, 2021 Over the weekend, I read "Full Dissidence: notes from an uneven playing field" by Howard Bryant, Beacon Press (2020). I highly recommend this book to my readers. As noted author Ibram X. Kendi says, "This book is an oracle." I agree. Mr. Bryant is a senior writer for ESPN.com and a correspondent for NPR's Weekend Edition. He won several awards for his writing and has been twice nominated for the National Magazin

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on October 16, 2018 In 2015, he made fun of Carly Fiorina’s face during the lead up to the Republican Primary for president. In 2016, he denigrated Ted Cruz’s wife Heidi by mocking her appearance and threatening to “spill the beans on [her.]” Over the years, he has used the terms "fat pigs," "dogs," "slobs" and "disgusting animals" to describe some women. Today, he called porn actress Stormy Daniels, “Horseface”. He laughed app

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 16, 2018 Today, Tuscaloosa County Sheriff Ron Abernathy joined a long list of "public officials" and "public figures" who claim that they have been defamed by those who seek to hold them accountable for their demonstrated failure to protect the lives and safety of rape victims. Abernathy has been the subject of numerous online news articles on this subject because of his role in “scripting” the 2015 rape investigation of