Frederick Hudson

Italy: The Eye Doctor Wants All Hannibal's Children To Prosper

Dr. Kyenge [Comment] In 1933, the writer Arna Bontemps, a fellow member with Langston Hughes of a collection of writers, artists, and musicians history has dubbed "The Harlem Renaissance," in recognition of the creative contributions they offered to…

Home on the Range

Home on the Range of Oppression: Joe Biden’s Entertainment Cure By Frederick B. Hudson In Steven Sondheim’s wonderous paean to the artistic process, Sunday in the Park with George, the painter protagonist has a tearful farewell with his lover. She…

LET US SEE HOW THE ALTAR IS ARRAYED

GAZA Tomorrow Israeli forces shot dead at least 61 unarmed Palestinian protesters taking part in the Great March of Return on May 14, including one doctor. Canada, Britain, Germany, Ireland and Belgium have called for an investigation into the…

Veterans Day 2017

Veterans Day 2017 I was in Dunkin Donuts today about 5 p.m. Two gentlemen behind me in the cashier’s line were discussing how they had learned to only give associates one chance to mess them around with commitments. Then they mentioned that they were…

An alternative view of Columbus Day

To Back O This is To Back O They tax it They warn us about it But they took it from our Indian brothers Strange name Indian— Christopher Columbus gave it to them An Italian who couldn’t navigate his way Out of the gate to the storm of sweet sea…

Robot Scientists Carry Heavy Human Hearts

July 28, 2017 Robot Scientists Carry Heavy Human Hearts Six young voyagers from the war-stricken, landlocked country called Burundi have disappeared from the “protective” shores of these United States whose promise of welcoming for those “yearning to…

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I have over 30 years successful experience in grant writing. I will consider working with your non-profit in applying for this grant opportunity. Send me a note at fhdsn@aol.com. How does the “learning platform” work? Those trying for The Drucker…

Finding synthesis for global survival in these times

Honor Roll Student Banned From Graduation Because Of This Shirt The Harrisburg, N.C. high schooler was told she was in violation of the school’s dress code. The shirt Summer was wearing the day she was suspended. 18k 1.3k A senior at Hickory Ridge…

Well Fed, Bill?

The Fearless Voice of the American Left Since 1993 July 29, 2016 Well Fed, Bill? by Frederick B. Hudson Numbers have strange ways of enforcing their own logic. Columnist Bill O’Reilly commented on Tuesday, July 26th that the slaves who built the…

Well Fed, Bill?

Numbers have strange ways of enforcing their own logic. Columnist Bill O’Reilly commented on Tuesday, July 26th that the slaves who built the White House were “well fed and had decent lodgings provided by the government.” His comments were a response…

Let's Have Lunch-In the Rain

Let's Have Lunch-In the Rain by Frederick B. Hudson A few months, a potential client for my video production services drastically disappointed me-no, let's correct that-he left me holding the bag. Literally. The bag contained the props for a fashion…

A Dark Arm in Time and Space: Jackie Robinson’s Value in the Universe

A Dark Arm in Time and Space: Jackie Robinson’s Value in the Universe By Frederick B. Hudson 347-590-7234 Bio: management and marketing consultant who has published in over one hundred print and internet publications including New York Magazine and…

My Life as a Banker

My Life as a Banker By Frederick B. Hudson A Parable One evening when a farmer had cultivated his crops, fed his mule, and locked his barn; he sat down in the evening and watched the sun set. But with darkness came a ferocious rain, followed by wind…

Dr. Kyenge’s Crusade

In 1933, the writer Arna Bontemps, a fellow member with Langston Hughes of a collection of writers, artists, and musicians that history has dubbed “the Harlem Renaissance,” in recognition of the creative contributions they offered to the world,…

Plucking the Chords of Change

In 1912, a future U.S. Presidential candidate, Adlai Stevenson accidentally killed a 16-year-old girl at his childhood home when he was performing a drill technique with a .22 rifle which he thought was unloaded. Even though no charges were filled,…

The Rediscovery of Ella Fitzgerald

Jazz clarinetist Tony Scott once said “When Ella [Fitzgerald] sings ‘My man he’s left me,’ you think the guy went down the street for a loaf of bread. But when Lady (Billie Holliday) sings, you can see that guy going down the street. He’s got his…

Rosa’s Wreath

It is done. Or is it? Crowds of all races filed through the Capital Rotunda to view the remains of a lady who told the world she was tired and would not give up her seat. The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin sang the seamstress to heaven in Detroit’s…

The Raised Voices of Sweet Honey in the Rock

One of the great attributes of stars in the heavens is that as they lose energy in burning, they find new areas to warm and light. Such is the musical phenomena of six women who sing a cappella of love and longing, of sorrow and redemption, of pain…

Black and Gay

“There is a war inside me.” With these words, a striving black artist continues writing his journal on the subway-a journal that is a miniature path of the journey he is taking from self-doubt bordering on hatred. His pages chronicle acceptance of…

Caught in a Cage

“I see colors.and I say to myself: It’s a wonderful world.” The late Louis Armstrong sung this song to millions who wanted to glimpse rainbows. But orange is the color of surprise or sunrise. Construction workers wear it to be visible in darkness or…