Tag Archives: Martin Luther King Jr.

DADDIES KING

Posted on January 27, 2026 by mdbwell

In 1978, after graduating from Wesleyan University with a bachelor degree in government (with many electives in English and religion), and resigning from my job as a teller at Connecticut Bank and Trust in Middletown, Connecticut, I whimsically decided to … Continue reading →

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NIEBUHR, HORTON, & HIGHLANDER

Posted on January 13, 2026 by mdbwell

At the end of the First World War, analysis of the state of human affairs reverberated in social clubs, academic lecture halls, political assemblies, and religious institutions.  One individual, who began formulating his responses to war’s massive devastation and dislocation, … Continue reading →

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OF KENNEDYS AND KINGS

Posted on October 21, 2024 by mdbwell

I watched the Zapruder film in my dormitory room on march 6, 1975, on Geraldo Rivera’s show on ABC called Good Night, America.  I had my doubts about the findings of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy—commonly … Continue reading →

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A CHANGE MUST COME!

Posted on September 22, 2021 by mdbwell

We must ask ourselves why people who are on or below the middle rungs of the economic ladder do not support social uplift processes that would help them become more financially solvent. Continue reading →

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REWORKING THE G-20 AND THE UNITED NATIONS

Posted on September 10, 2021 by mdbwell

It is not simply an idealistic dream to give voice to the voiceless or a home to the homeless. . . . We must listen to all voices. Continue reading →

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KING’S “REVOLUTION OF VALUES”

Posted on January 20, 2020 by mdbwell

At the end of the classic Civil Rights Movement that fought for desegregation in public accommodations and safeguarding the right to vote, Martin Luther King, Jr., began to focus on the plight of northern cities.  The issues there were manifold: … Continue reading →

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SIZE MATTERS: PAUL, TOM & FOREST

Posted on January 20, 2020 by mdbwell

I was looking forward to the first epic movie on the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.  His voice would always pique my ears and any pictorial of his figure lying on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel … Continue reading →

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Has Capitalism “Worked”?

Posted on June 7, 2019 by mdbwell

It’s laughable to me when critics of socialism parrot the cliché that “it has never worked anywhere in the world.”  Usually, that prosaic statement is made not from primary research, but from lazy borrowing from others—who more than likely also … Continue reading →

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Smarting Over Intelligence

Posted on July 21, 2018 by mdbwell

I am experiencing a bit of dissonance these days as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are constantly in the news. In terms of the agential members of these organizations pursuing the issue of other … Continue reading →

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THE “USEFULNESS” OF MLK, JR.

Posted on April 4, 2018 by mdbwell

On April 4, 1968, I was grounded for some reason that now escapes me—probably because of paternal capriciousness rather than childhood petulance.  I recall a few days earlier that I overheard my father opine that Martin Luther King, Jr., would … Continue reading →

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