By Pete Briscoe
July 8, 2019
If you’re raising a student-athlete, or have been one yourself, then you know that eligibility is linked with school performance. There’s an academic...
By Pete Briscoe
July 7, 2019
Imagine you and your neighbor work at the same manufacturing plant, until one day you both lose your job. Soon, you’ve both missed payments on your home
By Pete Briscoe
July 6, 2019
“But you don’t know what I’ve done.” No, I don’t, but I can guess: Some of you have had...
By Pete Briscoe
July 5, 2019
Is there a line you can cross—a point of no return—that declares you unforgivable? Some of you philosophical readers are thinking, Ah, yes. Absolutely.
By Pete Briscoe
July 4, 2019
The Kite Runner is on the short list of my favorite books. It’s not an easy story, but it’s a powerful one about two boys who do everything together, including kite fighting.
By Pete Briscoe
July 3, 2019
My daughter attended a private preschool without a great degree of student diversity. One day, she and I were out on the playground...
By Pete Briscoe
July 2, 2019
Two days ago, I told you about a friend of mine who grew up in a region where religion and racism overlapped. You were likely horrified when...
By Pete Briscoe
July 1, 2019
I was in my 20s before I had a friend whose skin color was different than my own. It wasn’t intentional. I grew up in a lily-white suburb
By Pete Briscoe
June 30, 2019
My friend grew up in the Deep South in the ’50s and ’60s. And in his childhood church, every member of the deacon board was also a member of the Ku Klux Klan...
By Pete Briscoe
June 29, 2019
Some of you have gone through, or are currently going through, treatment for cancer. You’re waiting for the day your doctor announces the results