The Nation We Live In, a Collection of Essays and Short Stories

Congratulations, your growing city has now become a metropolis. Guess what comes next, the Homelessness problems and societal conundrums. As I read more and more online news these current days, I have noticed the continued prevalence of Major USA cities now facing amplifying Homelessness problems. The "tent city" issues and drab are now visually pervasive. Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, New York City, and now even Top 15 populated, Austin, Texas. Here's a quick personal insight story and perspective in homelessness. I, George Vance McGee was once on the doorstep and realization of homelessness. How? When? Why you ask?  Well, in the Winter of 2011, I had been removed from my non-income, non-salaried position as a Licensed Real Estate Agent at Citi-Habitats in New York City. Despite my valid New York State sales license, previous business and real estate experience, this job did NOT turn fruitful. It was a career working disaster! First off, the Citi-Habitat...

The ongoing Colin Kaepernick Saga is a surprisingly powerful, prominent, lingering, and controversial cross-mixing in American culture and history, involving sports, politics, civil rights, and even private commercial business.  It's interesting folks, and it keeps hanging around. It appears both sides of this issue appear stagnated into their respective opposite and nonmoving mindsets. Let me set the stage, in case you've been living under a rock with no access to Television, Talk Radio, Advertisements, Billboards, Sports, Politics and Commercials.  There is a former San Francisco 49'ers NFL, Super Bowl and NFC Champion Quarterback named Colin Kaepernick. What did he actually do? During the Pre-game singing of the United States Star-Spangled Banner National Anthem performance and song,  Colin Kaepernick simply KNEELED during the song's performance.  According to Wikipedia.  "His actions went unnoticed for two weeks before he  was ...