Talking My Walk

Bruce Mulkey, Essayist & Author

  • Happiness Now!

    Happiness Now!

    You can be happy if you want to be. While you may have little control over the events around you, you have total control of the happiness in your own life.

  • Our 46th President!

    Our 46th President!

    Shonnie, Gracelyn, and I held hands and watched intently as President Biden repeated the final words of the oath of office: “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United…

  • What Happens in 2020 Stays in 2020!

    What Happens in 2020 Stays in 2020!

    2020 has undoubtedly been a year of tremendous challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic resulting in more than 340,000 deaths so far, a severe economic downturn, and disruption of our daily lives. The Black Lives Matter movement calling us to finally confront our personal and collective racism. Plus, a President who has proven himself unworthy of the…

  • On Aging: Accepting What Is

    On Aging: Accepting What Is

    “Don’t trust anybody over thirty!” My rallying cry during the Sixties, when I was twenty-something, seemingly bulletproof and forever young, living as though those days would never end.

  • 60 Years Ago: Our (Barely) Winning Season

    60 Years Ago: Our (Barely) Winning Season

    In the Sixties, autumn in Tullahoma (TN) revolved around the high school football team—the Tullahoma High School Wildcats.

  • Get Out & Vote!

    Get Out & Vote!

    The 2020 general election is upon us and could prove to be the most important election in the history of the U.S., an opportunity to uphold our democratic values and stop the slide toward authoritarianism. Below is information about how you can cast your vote in North Carolina and help change the course of our…

Bruce Mulkey, Essayist & Author

I have contributed to The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Elephant Journal, SelfGrowth.com, and The Good Men Project, a conversation about the way men’s roles are significantly changing in modern life. From 2000 through 2004, I served as an editorial columnist at the Asheville Citizen-Times (before it became a second-rate imitation of USA Today). My op-eds and essays also appeared at such online sites as MichaelMoore.com, Common Dreams News Center, Down with Tyranny, Op-Ed News, and BuzzFlash, as well as on my website—brucemulkey.com.

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