January 2026 - Collaborated Logic

Dr. Bernice King addressing the audience at East Tennessee State University during Civility Month, 2017

Reflecting on Dr. Bernice King’s Message of Building Bridges, Not Walls

January 19, 2026 Shawn Paul Cosner 0

Originally published in The East Tennessean, East Tennessee State University’s student newspaper, March 26, 2017, following Dr. Bernice King’s lecture at ETSU during Civility Month. Reprinted on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 2026, because the […]

A polling station with voters and ballot boxes

The Independent Voter: The Audience Both Parties Forgot

January 14, 2026 Shawn Paul Cosner 0

Walk into any room in this country and ask people what party they belong to, and you’ll get one of three answers. Republican. Democrat. Or some version of “I don’t really fit anywhere.” That third […]