Category: Diversity and Representation

  • Batman Day 2026

    Be sure to head to your local comic book store today. It’s Batman Day and there’ll be new comics available and special one shots dealing with classic characters and some new stories. One of the things I’m really excited about is the new Hush 2 omnibus that’s coming out. I look forward to getting a…

  • What If the United States Had Sent Troops to Cuba — With Longstreet in Command?

    Cuban independence, the Ten Years’ War, and the consequences of one general’s absence from New Orleans Historical Grounding In October 1868, a sugar planter named Carlos Manuel de Céspedes walked to the slave quarters of his estate in eastern Cuba, called his enslaved workers together, and told them they were free. Then he rang the…

  • What If Longstreet Had Been Delayed — and the Battle of Liberty Place Became a Massacre?

    In September 1874, the White League’s coup in New Orleans threatened Reconstruction, highlighting Rodolphe Desdunes’ pivotal role in civil rights, especially in the historic Plessy v. Ferguson case.

  • Ted Lasso and the Power of Literary Connections

    What does Ted Lasso teach us about reading? More than you’d think. The show’s careful attention to matching the right book to the right reader at the right moment offers a framework for thinking intentionally about classroom culture and student growth.

  • Independence, Imagination, and the Long Arc of Freedom: July 2026

    “Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.”  — C.S. Lewis (fellow Inkling and close friend of J.R.R. Tolkien) July arrives in full summer heat, and with it comes the deep American impulse to celebrate. But July has always been more than fireworks and barbecues;…