A Critical Reponse on the Boundaries of Cultural Exchange in a Divided America

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Daily writing prompt Have you ever unintentionally broken the law? View all responses Yes, I have run a red light, and luckily, I didn't have an accident. It was a moment of poor judgment as I was distracted and failed to notice the traffic signal change. I instinctively pressed the accelerator to keep pace with the flow of traffic, but I was fortunate that no other vehicles were crossing the intersection at that time. This experience served as a harsh reminder of the importance of paying full attention while driving and the potential consequences of reckless actions on the road.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi's House Judiciary hearing devolved from routine oversight into a confrontation when she refused to apologize to Jeffrey Epstein survivors, dismissed their presence as "theatrics," and repeatedly deflected on the department's handling of millions of pages of Epstein-related materials. The exchange underscores wider concerns about DOJ independence, alleged over-redaction and privacy failures, unanswered questions about potential co‑conspirators and pardons, and whether accountability is being sacrificed for partisan loyalty.

Pam Bondi testified before Congress and it was a heated exchange 

Wayne A. Ince's Until the Well Runs Dry names lives lost to mental health crises and exposes how stigma, historical distrust, and a broken response system force Black people into deadly choices between suffering alone or seeking help that harms. Drawing on his own experience as a Black veteran and advocate, the book offers practical tools—crisis plans, culturally competent therapy guidance, community-based healing, and advocacy steps—to help families survive crises and push for systemic change.

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On Feb. 6, 2026, a short Truth Social video—mostly recycling false 2020-election claims—ended with a two-second flash of Barack and Michelle Obama’s faces pasted onto apes while “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” played. Those two seconds matter because they draw on a long history of dehumanizing imagery rooted in eugenics and scientific racism. For more than a century, pseudoscience and racist propaganda used animal comparisons to justify laws, forced sterilizations, and exclusionary policies.

Write about your dream home. I would love to live by the sea with a warm soft sugar beach as my front yard with a mango grove and pineapple and coconut trees in my backyard and tall shady tree for the afternoon sun shade. Indoor plumbing is a must and big floor to ceiling glass windows and a glass ceiling over the master bedroom with a retractable roof and an outdoor shower stall and cover wrap around porch with comfortable seating.

Daily writing prompt If you had the power to change one law, what would it be and why? View all responses

This episode confronts the mental health crisis in Black America head-on, exploring how stigma, historical betrayal, and broken systems leave people suffering — and sometimes dead — when help should arrive. The host draws on lived experience in the Air Force and in care to explain why silence and force have become deadly responses. Two companion books drive the conversation: Until the Well Runs Dry, which maps the crisis and offers practical, culturally grounded tools for individuals and communities; and unpublished The Unseen March, which digs into PTSD and trauma recovery for veterans, first responders, and families.

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This episode explains how to pick forum discussion topics that invite depth, center lived experience, and move communities from talk to action. It shows how to balance relevance, inclusivity, and depth while framing open-ended questions that encourage strategy, stories, and solution-building. It also covers how to keep conversations respectful and productive—clear guidelines, active listening, follow-up questions, and recaps—and why including underrepresented voices and hopeful solutions prevents burnout.

Until the Well Runs Dry

Daily writing prompt Are there any activities or hobbies you've outgrown or lost interest in over time? View all responses

You ever land on a website and, within ten seconds, you can tell what the creators are aiming for—even if you haven’t read a single full article yet? That’s what I want to explore today, using the kind of information you see on a podcast and blog homepage: the menus, the categories, the featured sections, the little details people usually scroll past.

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SWEETWATER RECKONING is a gripping, character-driven thriller about a veteran's return to a broken hometown, the fight against entrenched corruption, and the slow, painful process of healing and rebui...

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Wayne A. Ince served 23 years in the U.S. Air Force with deployments to Desert Storm, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo. Drawing from 15+ years of navigating mental health systems, he foun