Kerry SmithDo you count your losses or your blessings?Originally published in The Orlando Sentinel, Sept. 29, 2017Oct 7, 2017Oct 7, 2017
Kerry SmithMass killings: Make it stopMy daughter danced at Pulse nightclub in Orlando a number of times before a crazed gunman opened fire last year. She called each local…Oct 4, 2017Oct 4, 2017
Kerry SmithIt’s not about the monumentsMonuments are artistic things that we, the living, put up to honor our past. A big tombstone suggests that the dead guy was important…Aug 22, 2017Aug 22, 2017
Kerry SmithWanted: The words you’ve stolenWriters want our words back. Politicians, advertisers and advocacy groups stole perfectly good words, twisted meanings and left us in an…Jul 16, 2017Jul 16, 2017
Kerry SmithTrump supporters get this part rightA lot of people support Donald Trump, and here’s what liberals don’t get: Many, many people’s lives — largely but not exclusively in rural…Jul 1, 2017Jul 1, 2017
Kerry SmithBiggest social-justice hurdle for minorities? It’s the majorityOriginally published in The Orlando Sentinel, March 26, 2017Mar 29, 2017Mar 29, 2017
Kerry SmithThe dishonest debate over healthcareWhy do we spend so much time discussing the color of the Band-Aid and so little time discussing the depth of the wound? (A metaphor: The…Mar 19, 20171Mar 19, 20171
Kerry SmithDonald Trump made me patrioticTrump didn’t do it on purpose. It’s not his “great again” calling card, and it’s not a belief that my country could be trampled by a…Mar 7, 2017Mar 7, 2017
Kerry SmithWill you be my neighbor?Human beings protect other human beings, in no small part because we taking-care-of people will one day be we-need-help people.Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Kerry SmithElections: Missing the forest for the treesThings change. My record player gave way to an 8-track tape player circa 1971; my 8-tracks gave way to cassettes circa 1977. In the early…Jan 9, 2017Jan 9, 2017