Dr. Joshua WilkeyJun 12, 20235 min readThis Land is Your Land, BuddyThis land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York island, From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters;...
Dr. Joshua WilkeyJul 22, 20224 min readThree Years GoneJuly 4th marked three years since I last wrote an essay for my website. In those three years, I watched our son JD grow, celebrated...
Dr. Joshua WilkeyMar 14, 20198 min readPoor great dads can't do this.Some daddies can take better care of their babies than others because some daddies aren't poor and some are. I can tell already that...
Dr. Joshua WilkeyJan 18, 20194 min readFinding My Way Back HomeGrowing up, I lived in a whole lot of different houses, but I never really lived in a home. There was one place, however, that always...
Dr. Joshua WilkeyOct 18, 201824 min readA White Trash Manifesto"I believe those dogs belong at that trailer up Beck Branch. The one with the goat tied up out front and the Confederate flag in the...
Dr. Joshua WilkeyJun 28, 201816 min readI Remember the Day I Became My Mother's KeeperLast week, on the second anniversary of my mother's death, I took some time to think about the special bond we shared. I have often said...
Dr. Joshua WilkeyJan 24, 20189 min readThe White Trashification of the Opioid EpidemicDrug addiction is an issue that continues to draw clear geographic, political, and class distinctions in the US. Since the opioid...
Dr. Joshua WilkeyOct 31, 201714 min readAppalachia Needs a ReformationJesus wouldn’t recognize the brand of fundamentalist Christianity being practiced today in a whole lot of Appalachian churches. Growing...
Dr. Joshua WilkeySep 24, 20176 min readTiconderoga Pencils and PovertyWhen I was a kid, I didn’t get Ticonderoga pencils very often. The reality is that my mom usually couldn’t afford Ticonderoga pencils....