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 Our 46th President!
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By Bruce Mulkey
In Reclaiming Democracy, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted January 20, 2021

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 [...]

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 What Happens in 2020 Stays in 2020!
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By Bruce Mulkey
In Be happy now, Embracing our connection, Reclaiming Democracy, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted December 30, 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 [...]

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 Get Out & Vote!
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By Bruce Mulkey
In Reclaiming Democracy, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted September 28, 2020

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 [...]

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 2020 . . . So Far
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By Bruce Mulkey
In Be happy now, Embracing our connection, My personal path, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted April 14, 2020

2020 . . . So Far

You may have seen that meme that was going around social media a week or two ago: “Dear 2020, none of this sh*t was on my vision board.” Well, life so far in 2020 has presented a number of [...]

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 Podcast: Finding My Way Back Home
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By Bruce Mulkey
In Caring for our children, Embracing our connection, My personal path, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted January 23, 2020

Podcast: Finding My Way Back Home

"Finding My Way Back Home" recounts my journey from toxic masculinity to a more mindful manhood, a voyage that includes participating in a transformational workshop, peeling back the encrusted [...]

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 Evergreen—A charter school committed to becoming racially inclusive
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By Bruce Mulkey
In Caring for our children, Embracing our connection, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted October 4, 2019

Evergreen—A charter school committed to becoming racially inclusive

Evergreen Community Charter School is currently taking significant steps toward becoming a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive community.

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 My essay is featured at the Washington Post!
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By Bruce Mulkey
In Caring for our children, My daughters, My personal path, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted June 15, 2018

My essay is featured at the Washington Post!

Yes, I'm excited today because my personal essay "With over 40 years between the birth of my two daughters, I am two different fathers" is featured at the Washington Post On Parenting section.

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 Letting go of fear, ill will, and my trusty six-gun
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By Bruce Mulkey
In Caring for our children, My personal path, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted February 16, 2018

Letting go of fear, ill will, and my trusty six-gun

Well, they didn’t pry it out of my cold, dead hands. But my only remaining firearm has just left the premises.

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 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Co-op
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By Bruce Mulkey
In Healthy living, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted January 22, 2018

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Co-op

We popped into French Broad Food Co-op during the Women's March in Asheville on Saturday for a few snacks and something to drink. And as I wandered the aisles, I thought, maybe it's time to re-up [...]

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 An Open Letter to My Daughter Gracelyn  in the Era of Donald Trump
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By Bruce Mulkey
In Caring for our children, Embracing our connection, My personal path, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted June 12, 2017

An Open Letter to My Daughter Gracelyn in the Era of Donald Trump

Today I write this letter to you so that you might better understand the tumultuous transformation that’s currently underway in our nation.

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 We shouted out, “Who killed democracy?” when after all, it was you and me.
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By Bruce Mulkey
In Embracing our connection, My personal path, Reclaiming Democracy, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted May 9, 2017

We shouted out, “Who killed democracy?” when after all, it was you and me.

I believe we, the citizens of this nation, have been asleep for the past several decades. We began to pay more attention to our TV shows, our favorite celebrities, our sports teams, our fancy [...]

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 Failing some tests is truly painful.
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By Bruce Mulkey
In Embracing our connection, My personal path, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted March 27, 2017

Failing some tests is truly painful.

I am a recovering racist. I grew up white in the South of the 50s and 60s. Most of the schools I attended were segregated. And I have rarely had more than superficial contact with men and women [...]

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 The Entire Journey–an astounding Super Bowl ad . . . from 84 Lumber
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By Bruce Mulkey
In Embracing our connection, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted February 6, 2017

The Entire Journey–an astounding Super Bowl ad . . . from 84 Lumber

Brighten up your day with this poignant ad from 84 Lumber. Better bring some tissues.

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 We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.
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By Bruce Mulkey
In Embracing our connection, Reclaiming Democracy, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted February 2, 2017

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.

An essay I wrote during the Bush administration in 2003 that's highly relevant today.

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 Presidential inaugurations I’ll always remember
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By Bruce Mulkey
In My personal path, Reclaiming Democracy, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted January 20, 2017

Presidential inaugurations I’ll always remember

The first presidential inauguration I attended was Richard Nixon’s in 1969. Well, I guess I should say that I was actually there for the counter-inauguration . . .

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 Talking the 2016 post-election blues
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By Bruce Mulkey
In Reclaiming Democracy, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted November 28, 2016

Talking the 2016 post-election blues

On a warm Texas morning on Wednesday, November 3, 1948, I remember my mom, Sue Mulkey, a life-long Democrat, gleefully asking our next-door neighbor, “Well, how do you like our new president?” [...]

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Be happy now, Embracing our connection, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted September 21, 2016

It’s In Every One Of Us

For your viewing pleasure on International Day of Peace.

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Just for laughs, My personal path, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted July 11, 2016

My one and only high school sex education class

In 1958, during my sophomore year at Tullahoma (TN) High School, all the boys in every class were ordered to the gymnasium bleachers with the male teachers for a sex education talk by a local [...]

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Caring for our children, Embracing our connection, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted June 13, 2016

Adult behavior fosters youth violence–December 15, 1999

Here’s a commentary about violence in our nation that I wrote for the Asheville Citizen-Times late in 1999 that seems unfortunately appropriate for these times.            [...]

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Reclaiming Democracy, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted June 7, 2016

My thoughts on the 2016 presidential election

Last evening Shonnie, Gracelyn and I were in the kitchen cooking dinner and listening to This Land is Your Land: Songs of Freedom. Buffy Sainte-Marie and her rendition of “The Universal [...]

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Caring for our children, My personal path, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted June 6, 2016

Spanking gets results . . . just not those you’re likely to desire.

My great-grandmother, Mae McCarthy (better known as Ma), who enjoyed dipping snuff and preferred another layer of body powder to regular bathing, had a Victorian attitude when it came to [...]

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Embracing our connection, Reclaiming Democracy, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted April 4, 2016

What Was Really Behind North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Bill

It was, in the end, about a 21st century governor who joined a short, tragic list of 20th century governors. You know at least some of these names, probably: Wallace, Faubus, Barnett. They were [...]

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Embracing our connection, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted March 28, 2016

What Men Really Want from a Lover

What do guys really want? Male stereotypes might have you believe that joining our pals for binge watching NCAA basketball tourney games while consuming lots of cold beer and hot pizza fulfill [...]

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Reclaiming Democracy, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted January 30, 2016

I support Jasmine Beach-Ferrara for Buncombe County Commission

Below is my recent letter to the Asheville Citizen-Times backing Jasmine Beach-Ferrara for Buncombe County Commission. BACKING BEACH-FERRARA FOR SEAT ON COMMISSION When Amendment One passed in [...]

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Embracing our connection, Reclaiming Democracy, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted January 18, 2016

May the dream become reality.

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted December 31, 2015

Happy New Year!

What will you release? And what will you begin?

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Embracing our connection, My personal path, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted December 12, 2015

I Don’t Mind Growing Old; I Just Don’t Want To Be There When It Happens.

“Don’t trust anyone over thirty,” I arrogantly proclaimed during the Sixties, when I was twenty-something and imagined I was bulletproof and would remain forever young. [...]

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Shifting cultural paradigm, Treading lightly on our planet
Posted October 13, 2015

Think we Americans have enough stuff?

I’ve been curious for a while about the prevalence of storage unit facilities in the U.S. and whether this phenomena exists in other nations. So, here are the facts: The United States has [...]

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Embracing our connection, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted July 28, 2015

My 2001 op-ed opposing discrimination by Boy Scouts of America

Below is an op-ed I wrote in 2001 in my role as a columnist for the Asheville Citizen-Times. In light of recent decisions by the Boy Scouts of America, it seems timely to repost it now. * * * [...]

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Embracing our connection, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted October 29, 2014

Proud of our community’s role in NC’s move to marriage equality

Since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key part of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, it was clear that marriage equality was on its way throughout our land. It really wasn’t a matter [...]

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Caring for our children, Shifting cultural paradigm, Treading lightly on our planet
Posted November 17, 2013

Hieroglyphic Stairway, a poem by Drew Dellinger

it’s 3:23 in the morning and I’m awake because my great great grandchildren won’t let me sleep my great great grandchildren ask me in dreams what did you do while the planet was plundered? what [...]

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Reclaiming Democracy, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted August 29, 2013

Old white men struggle to turn back clock

What we’ve been witnessing at the General Assembly in Raleigh the past few months is the futile attempt by fearful, old, white men to hang on to the power and control to which they assume they’re [...]

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Embracing our connection, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted June 26, 2013

The moral arc of the universe is long . . .

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Embracing our connection, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted March 28, 2013

My personal journey from bigotry to equality

By the luck of the draw, in 1943, I was born white, male, heterosexual and middle class. I was instantly granted cultural privileges and advantages that gave me a distinct leg up as I made my way [...]

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Reclaiming Democracy, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted March 23, 2013

What Noam said

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By Bruce Mulkey
In Embracing our connection, Shifting cultural paradigm
Posted April 27, 2002

Aging is inevitable, growing old is not.

We never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we are born. ~Albert Einstein Somewhere in the middle of your life, you meet an interesting new person. Yourself. [...]

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© 2018. Bruce Mulkey.

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