The Barbie Poem

Let’s get things straight: an empathetic person isn’t weak. An empathetic person is strong. Weak people have been all over the Internet and television the past 36 hours. One lost her job by saying it was all right for terrorist Stephen Paddock to gun down hundreds of people in Las…

My son Anthony Sterling Rodgers, who I called “Lali,” died in my arms on the night of January 11, 2005. He was exactly six months old. In terms of his eyes, they were blue. I have never felt such fierce love as I did for Lali. He was a pure…

They’re thick as flies on an abandoned McNugget: since Musk’s takeover of Twitter, these junk accounts have grown in size, number, and influence — Last week, I saw a bizarre tweet that said “obese” is the “new ’N’ word.” I couldn’t believe anyone would say this, and even though I’m also known as …

Back to training camp, buddy — you can’t even use Wikipedia — I just had a fun experience with ChatGPT. I asked it who I was, and it told me I was a writer and poet. True! But …

And I’m not a “content writer” … kiss my … yeah … getouttahere you hustling hucksters — I’m not in the ballpark with my pals who think AI art programs are the bees knees and AI writing programs will someday soon “create” some type of functional, cash-earning entertainment product. You may have read my most-read article. Here it is, in case you haven’t. My Baby Died in My Arms And I Was Accused of Killing Him My son Anthony Sterling Rodgers, who I called “Lali,” died in my arms on the night of January 11, 2005. He was exactly…asterling.medium.com

Mental Health and network television portrayals — I seldom watch network television, and I only watched Fox’s new show Accused last night because it was on after the San Francisco 49ers/Dallas Cowboys’ NFL playoff game. This new anthology show, based on a 2010 UK series, was heavily advertised during the game. I saw that it starred good…

The Bystander Initiative And Legal Reform — Thanks to Selena Routley, I read Armies of Enablers by Prof. Amos Guiora of the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney School of Law. This book was far from an easy read. It documents the shameful, immoral reality of our culture’s most-respected institutions: major universities including Penn State, Michigan State, and…