Wilson Riles

It takes careful work to overcome racism Not even a newly invigorated Obama will be able to find and activate the nonexistent, toothless middle. He and any who follow him are looking in the wrong place if they believe that the solutions to U.S. problems can be found in “the middle.” The so-called middle or…

Our deliberative intelligence can be integrated with our soaring emotions.That term, “the adult in the room,” has a complex, sometimes biased meaning. I do not intend to imply that there is not an obvious difference between adults and children. However, I want to raise up to your consideration the false, unvoiced assumption buried in that…

When fundamental human differences are not resolved to the satisfaction of all parties they will go on and on and on and on... This immoral doctrine remains at the root of most of our present day difficulties in the US!Conquering one side in a war or in a competitive contest would never provide more than…

Mitt Romney’s game is imperial power politics.Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. (Muhammad Ali, born January 17, 1942) invented ROPE-A-DOPE and astounded the known world. The quickness of his fists and feet were his physical weapons, although his vanity about his looks might have been a disadvantage at times where risking getting hit in the face might…

It is not possible to separate any sane human from his/her culture. Let’s start there. Some modern apostles actually taught that it is not always the best thing to tell the truth if it interferes with preaching gospel. Human cultures, to varying degrees, have similar dynamics and structures. Language structural and sound similarities are just…

In late November of 1999, the streets of Seattle, Washington, erupted in a human convulsion of more than 40,000 people. This demonstration, largely made violent by local police action, resulted from many years of worldwide organizing against corporations and the World Trade Organization (WTO). The events of those days still influence around the world organizing…

If profiling, in the security and criminal justice sense, is an effective method to identify those who are likely to cause injury and death, where is the profile of the white, male geek? Some justify the profiling of folks with Arab dress getting on airplanes. And brown folks (Hispanics) are profiled on the highways of…