Portfolio - Contra Mundum

Cádiz, Spain It might surprise you to learn that the first time the term “liberal” was ever used to describe

The Democrats’ Deplorable “Deplorables” Strategy

For four years the Democrats' strategy was to have Trump disqualified first as an "insurrectionist" and then as a "convicted

My Mother’s Independent, American Journey

For reasons I will never know, my maternal grandparents chose to live among the Pala Indians in northern San Diego

Interview: Unpacking Whiteness with Gregory Rodriguez

A few months ago, my buddy Mike Madrid, whose new book publishes next week, interviewed me about some of the

Now I Know the True Meaning of Timeless Art

Madrid, Spain I think Pasadena's Norton Simon is by far the best art museum in Southern California. Its combination of

Whiteness: An American Tragedy and Other Essays

So, I published a book of essays that I wrote during the pandemic. I'm super pleased to learn that the

2023’s Faces from the Road: Alabama, Oklahoma, Los Angeles, Vienna, and Biarritz.

The “Good Negro” and the Meaning of Freedom

Montgomery, Alabama Fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama to allow newly-boarded

Rights are Critical, But They are Not the Source of Dignity.

Tuskegee, Alabama The contemporary language of racial justice tends to focus on external threats to human dignity rather than on what individuals and groups

The Night Jesus Spoke to Martin Luther King, Jr.

Montgomery, Alabama Of the many heroic deeds performed in the name of civil rights in America, perhaps none is more consequential