Sheria
About six weeks ago I had lunch with a dear friend whom I met in Governor’s School in 1972, the year before I was to head off to college. Governor’s School was a kind of summer camp for gifted students … Continue reading →
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A Real Southern Heritage for a Better Tomorrow
Many of my southern friends and relatives are upset at the removal of the Confederate battle flag from its appointed flagpole in Columbia, South Carolina, and are defending it once again as a symbol of southern heritage. The Stars and … Continue reading →
Atticus Finch and the Good White Man
The shocked response to Harper Lee’s further – or original – portrait of Atticus has people showing a good deal of naïve outrage. How could a white hero like the immortal and kindly attorney, who will always look like Gregory … Continue reading →
The Great World Database, the Great Machine
I think it interesting that we define privacy as related to what the government does with information about our lives, when it is increasingly the case that privacy is something we have squandered in our insistence on constant connection. One … Continue reading →
Saving the World Again
I had been reluctant to watch Guardians of the Galaxy even after I heard from comic book fans and superhero fans that it was a good movie; so finally, last night, with family visiting and the need for a way … Continue reading →
Pulpwood Queens, Beauty, and the Book
When I was visiting New Orleans in March, having been invited to the Tennessee Williams Festival and the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, I was seated in the lobby of the Hotel Monteleone, awaiting my first event. I was scheduled … Continue reading →
Memorial Day
If you are a person who wonders about why wars happen and whether they are necessary, then a holiday to celebrate those who have offered their lives for the cause of war is troubling. This sounds like a dangerous thought … Continue reading →
First blips in a blog
The business of publishing is a curious curse. One writes a book and then has to discuss why one has written it, how one came about the whole idea, questions that originate not altogether in passion but more as a … Continue reading →