Category: Opinion

Is “Anti-Semitism” Losing Its Steam?

Matt Talford
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With the recent media storm of allegations… of anti-Semitism being directed at such iconic personalities as Kanye West (for statements made in a now infamous tweet directed towards sports and entertainment industry execs), and days later, NBA player Kyrie Irving for his mentioning of a Biblical-anthropological book and documentary series titled, “Hebrews to Negroes” by Ron Dalton Jr, it may be time to do a closer examination of the term, “anti-Semitic” and review the etymology of the root word, “Semite.” (For a breakdown of the etymology of “anti-Semtic,” see the…

How Fear Causes Us to F*** Up!

Matt Talford

  During the nearly five decades that I have occupied space on this planet (in this body), I have observed a number of situations where fear—not necessarily the physical but the mental type—has caused individuals to screw up in ways that they most likely would not have, were they not fearing the worst possible outcome of their decisions or actions. In the video below, I provide scriptural, historical and film examples of how fear and confidence—contrasting ideologies—work against us and for us, respectively. Enjoy the video and feel free to…

The Illusion of Time

Matt Talford

It has been an entire 8 months…   since I last published an article, and while that has been quite a long time between posts, it has not been for lack of desire. 2021 has been one of the busiest years I’ve had in quite some time, and when not working my day job (helping out at my wife’s company—who says guys who retire in their early 40s get to stop working 😂), I have been ultra-busy publishing videos to my YouTube channel. Also, if you’ve followed me on this…

The Five-Step Modus Operandi of the Culture Vulture

Matt Talford

This article is based upon observations… that I have made within my own lifetime, as well as things I have noted in both scripture and history.  For sake of article length, I will not go into detail regarding my historical applications of those five steps as they apply to peoples and societies which could be classified as either culture vultures or their victims, I will however list a few examples at the end of this article.  Let’s continue… Culture vultures do the following: Appreciate Infiltrate Imitate Eliminate or Exterminate Appropriate…

The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Why Nobody Came for Us

Matt Talford

The explanation for the title of this article is so simple that by the end of it, some of you reading may wonder why I even wrote it, but I’ll carry on anyway… What happens when citizens of countries are kidnapped by foreigners?  What happens when a nation’s warriors are taken as POWs?  To answer that, let us use for an example the Iran hostage crisis, where for nearly 15 months from November 1979 to January 1981, 52 American diplomats and citizens were held captive in Iran.  Without going into…

What Fuels So-Called White Supremacy

Matt Talford

This isn’t going to be another post about the highly publicized Breonna Taylor incident and trial…  Nope; that will fix neither the problem that has continued to produce those types of actions, nor the resultant outcomes and reactions associated with them.  If you wanna tear down so-called “White” Supremacy, you must first begin by dismantling the engine that drives it.  The engine that drives so-called White Supremacy is the common thread that connects religions like Christianity, Catholicism, Judaism, and every other “ism” that puts forth the FALSE narrative that the characters…

2020 America: A Spiritual Chernobyl

Matt Talford

WITH ALL THE INCREASED AWARENESS… and media attention regarding incidents of police brutality and their subsequent protests (both nationally and internationally), “Matt, what can I do to help?” is a question I have been asked by a number of my “White” friends a lot lately.  I am not alone in fielding that question either, because several of my “Black” friends have shared similar stories of being asked the same question (and by the way, I utterly despise human color classifications, which is why I’ve used quotes with them for some…

The Parable of the Extraordinary Bicycle—Explained

Matt Talford

First, here are some key points to note… For sake of time and length, I did not go into great detail about the key points in the original article, but please note the following: The boy who bought the bicycle truly did not know it was stolen, nor did he personally know the person from whom he bought it. The bike truly was a one-of-a-kind custom build, unlike any bicycle anyone could buy in stores or order online. It was not until months after the bike was stolen that the…

The Parable of the Extraordinary Bicycle

Matt Talford

Question for my parents out there (or you don’t necessarily have to even be parents to answer)… Your teenage son… comes home with a shiny new bicycle that he told you a friend sold to him at a huge discount.  It is an extraordinarily beautiful bicycle, unlike any you’ve seen before.  You look at your son with great pride for being a smart shopper. Your son rides the bicycle around for a few months, showing it off to everyone he knows. One day, while your son is out bike riding…

ELECTION 2020: THE BLACK VOTER DILEMMA

Matt Talford

The following is known as political satire…And if you’ve read my book “Stuck In An Elevator” and know that it only took me 90 minutes to create the initial draft, you’ll understand how quickly I imagine and write dialogue based on a photograph, scene or short snippet of conversation.Again, this is political satire based on widespread reaction to a recent faux pas by 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate, Joe Biden.  Please keep that in mind as you read.Enjoy…Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington in a scene from the 2012 movie, “Django Unchained.”“Girl…