I have a friend who interrupts me. He does it a lot. Always has. …

Note: This article contains spoilers from The Wire and Boardwalk Empire. What’s resonating with me most about Michael K. Williams’ death is realizing who I thought him to be. You don’t often sit and ponder a person. …

I did it. I masked up. I went to my local precinct with my wife and son (who just turned 18 today!). I voted. Now what? Now comes the hard part. The waiting. I feel it in my muscles, in my back, in my shoulders. Everything’s a bit tight. I’ve…

“He reminds me of my grandfather.” I do a podcast with a couple of friends of mine, Miles Kelly and Tawny Ochoa. We were discussing Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 movie, The Shining—based on the Stephen King novel of the same name—and diving into what we love about the movie, while also…

Aliens is a modern classic, and one of the best sequels of all time. I believe that, truly. James Cameron took a deep space, isolated horror film in Alien and continued the story through the lens of heightened terror, tension and high-octane action. I love this movie. Aliens also seems…

Hamilton doesn’t need defending. It’s one of the biggest cultural phenomena of the 21st century. Very few contemporary stage productions have reached the zeitgeist quote the way this show has. Yet, I feel the need to say a few things about Hamilton. Given where we are at the moment, amidst…

I’m black. I’m black and I’m seeing all the horrors of systemic racism play out in 2020 just like so many of my brothers and sisters. I’m angry and sad all at once. …

“Yes, but what about black-on-black crime?” I’ve heard this question or some variation of it a couple of times this week. I’ve heard it thousands of times in life. Some might assume I’m quoting some right-leaning white person, possibly a Trump supporter. If some assumed that, some would be wrong. …

Let’s use a different pairing of words with far more value. — Thought Leadership. Here we go again. Many in leadership roles at businesses, non-profits or entrepreneurial spaces are at some point confronted with this term. It’s a loaded one and it sounds incredibly important. In meetings it rolls off the tongue so smoothly it often keeps on rolling across the conference…