Author Archives: Dr. E. Faye Williams

TriceEdney — I’m a product of the “Southern Experience.”  Many of my views are shaped by the “mother wit” and logic learned growing up there.  There’s something unique to the down-to-Earth “common sense” of the “Old Folks” as they reckoned with and evaluated their circumstance and environment.   One of the frequently repeated axioms I […]

Trice-Edney–For years, Black people have delivered our vote to Democrats. Many Democrats wouldn’t have won without our vote.  Now some Black people, and other people of color, have become discouraged because no matter the votes we deliver, we are taken for granted. Once elected, many forget our efforts on their behalf. When I ran for […]

TriceEdney — The only time I can remember TIME moving as slowly as it has during the past six months was when I was eight and had to wait an entire year between Christmases.  True or not, it feels like the Trump Administration has slowed the progress of time and assigned each day an additional […]

TriceEdney — My regular readers know that I have friends in all walks-of-life, and some practice old-school lifestyle avocations.  I communicate with them as often as possible and sometimes their perspectives serve as viewpoints I use in my articles. I have a friend who could be called a naturalist.  He’s retired and spends as much […]

TriceEdney — Black people have fared best when our collective interests and goals are held paramount.  We’ve made the greatest headway when our assumed leaders are guided by principles of self-sacrifice above self-aggrandizement.  I pray that we have the wisdom to remember and embrace these lessons learned “over a way that with tears has been […]

TriceEdney—I’m among those who really would like to move on to something bigger and better than what we hear daily on the news—but, as a lawyer, I know that there’s a legal principle that says “Silence gives consent,” so I just can’t allow myself the luxury of ignoring current events without comment.  While “The Donald,” […]

Trice Edney—As truth begins to come to the attention of those who don’t want to hear it, The Donald travels out of the country in an effort to leave unpleasant facts behind.  He has to apologize to Saudi Arabia for all the mean things he said about Islam and apologize to Israel for his inability […]

TriceEdney — Being possessed by an abstract, non-linear psychological construct has always led me to search for the truth which may rest in both the sublime and the ridiculous.  Experience has shown me that even in the most unlikely scenario, a kernel of truth or reality may exist or have room to grow.   Such is […]

TriceEdney Wire Service — By now, those who read my articles know that I am a person of Faith.  My Faith informs my decisions and provides guidance to my life and my actions.  Two of the Faith principles upon which most of my personal decisions rest are: 1) Let us not love with words or speech, […]

TriceEdney—Word origins can “shed light” on the experiences of a people and explain much of what they’ve endured.  Many older African Americans explain the origin of the term “honkie” as it relates to the activity of White men driving through African American communities “honking” the horns of their automobiles in an attempt to solicit sex […]