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Man's Inhumanity
By Karlyle Tomms ~ "10-year-old calls 911 while trapped with Uvalde shooter as law enforcement stands outside..." Watching things unfold...
Karlyle
Jun 1, 20222 min read
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Grief and Gratitude
It seems like this has been a season of tragedy, both for the country and in our personal lives because many of us have also lost loved...
unclepooh57
May 29, 20222 min read
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EVERYTHING UNDER THE RAINBOW
A Commentary on Sex, Sexual Abuse, Society, Spirituality and Sexual Orientation PREFACE: I wrote this after having some communication...
Karlyle Tomms
Apr 26, 202032 min read
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WILL THE REAL MASCULINITY PLEASE STAND UP? My thoughts about "toxic" masculinity.
Okay, Gillette does a commercial which chastises men for bad behavior, a shadow of the “#MeToo” movement. Some men react, “I don’t need...
Karlyle Tomms
Jan 20, 201915 min read
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#MeToo
I labored over whether to write this for a couple of months. I wasn’t quite sure exactly what I wanted to say, or in the final edit, that...
Karlyle Tomms
Jan 7, 201819 min read
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WHITE FEAR
WHITE FEAR I first wrote this in 2017, this is an updated version of the previous blog post. I was raised in the 1960s on a farm about...
Karlyle Tomms
Oct 31, 201719 min read
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The Woe in Woman
By Karlyle Tomms She eloped across the county line at fourteen, lied about her age, and married a man almost twice her age. He probably...
Karlyle
Oct 31, 20179 min read
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The Assassin’s Illusion (A commentary on the Pulse Nightclub shooting)
I grew up with guns. My grandpa had rifles and shotguns hanging on the walls. They were propped on ten penny nails driven just far enough...
Karlyle Tomms
Jun 16, 20168 min read
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"Nigger?" An Essay
(NOTE: I have been surprised by the number of people (All white people so far) who have completely missed the point of this essay. This...
Karlyle Tomms
Mar 14, 201511 min read
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AN ESSAY ON FERGUSON
When I think of the events occurring on August 9, 2014 in Ferguson Missouri, I am struck by the realization that it only takes a single...
Karlyle Tomms
Dec 1, 20145 min read
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