Black History Month Part 2: We Were Never Less: The Defiant Ascent of Black America: The Laboratory
How the Attempt to Define Us as Less Than Human Proved the Opposite By Eric Lawrence Frazier, MBA The Apparatus and Its Confession There is a principle in law that applies with particular force to the history we are about to examine. It holds that a witness who testifies against his own interest is among […]
Shared National Values
Non-White, Non-Heterosexual American History Under Erasure By Eric Lawrence Frazier, MBA On Sunday night, CBS News correspondent Norah O’Donnell sat down with Maryland Governor Wes Moore—the nation’s only Black governor—for a nationally televised town hall and asked him a question that, by now, most thinking Americans have already answered for themselves: Do you consider President […]
Black History Month Part 1: We Were Never Less
The Defiant Ascent of Black America By Eric Lawrence Frazier, MBA A Note Before We Begin There is a version of Black history that gets told every February. It arrives on schedule, curated and comfortable, moving enough to satisfy the moment without disturbing anyone who needs to remain undisturbed. It features the same names, the […]
The Measure of a Life in the Age of Outrage
How Civilizations Decide What to Remember When a public figure dies, the first headline becomes the first verdict. Before the memorial services are planned, before the family has fully grieved, before the arc of history has had time to settle, the media decides which sentence will introduce that life to the next generation. Reverend Jesse […]
What If Death Is Not What We Think It Is?
On grief, presence, and the permanence of life By Eric Lawrence Frazier, MBA A friend of mine died recently. I did not attend the funeral. I have not yet spoken to his wife. I have known this family for most of my spiritual life, and when it mattered most, I was not there. There is […]
The Intellectual Weight of Freedom
Reading, Thought Leadership, and the Responsibility of American Citizenship By Eric Lawrence Frazier, MBA I recently watched an interview with Governor Wes Moore and read his LinkedIn post recommending works by Black authors. What struck me was not merely the list of books, but what the list revealed. You can learn a great deal about […]
The Pre-Approval Trap: What a Mortgage Really Is—and Why Most Buyers Confuse Approval With Affordability
I have worked with homebuyers for years—across boom markets, rate shocks, bidding wars, and “normal” markets that never feel normal when you are the family trying to buy your first home. I have sat at kitchen tables, reviewed paystubs and bank statements, explained Loan Estimates line by line, and watched the same emotional pattern repeat […]
WE THE PEOPLE: The Accountability Series — Part 4: The Blueprint
A Monthly Accountability Calendar for the Executive Branch and Congressional Leadership The people are the employer. The employer has the right to demand answers. In Part 1, I framed the press as a proxy—not because journalists are flawless, but because the American people cannot physically occupy the halls of government and ask questions in real […]
The Super Bowl Halftime “Culture War” Is a Recruitment Campaign, Not a Lived Reality
Every year, the Super Bowl delivers spectacle. But it also delivers something more subtle and more dangerous: a ready-made interpretation package. A performance is no longer allowed to remain a performance. It becomes a moral battlefield. A set list becomes a referendum on national identity. A wardrobe choice becomes a threat. A lyric becomes an […]
WE THE PEOPLE: The Accountability Series — Part 3: The Broken Check
Why Congress Stopped Supervising the Executive—and Why the Press Room Became the Battlefield The people are the employer. The employer has the right to demand answers. Part 2 clarified the job description: the President executes laws, and Congress writes laws and controls spending. That division is not academic. It is the architecture of accountability. When […]
