Sunday, June 20, 2021

A Father's Day Anecdote About Generosity

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Dad in rocker, with my son Micah, 1987 My father was born in a temporary coal mining town in West Virginia the day after Christmas in 1929, ...
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Saturday, June 19, 2021

With the Oxford Incident Behind Us, Juneteenth Moves Us Forward

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"How many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn't see?" James Meredith, 1962. Library of Congress Tod...
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Friday, June 18, 2021

Hard Choices. India's Bustard Has a Handicap and the Green Movement a Dilemma

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The Bustard: a big bird with poor eyesight This past week I came across an interesting story about a dilemma involving two competing agendas...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

In a Crisis, It's All About Spin Control

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After cutting his teeth as a journalist in Chicago, Seymour Hersh moved to Washington to cover the big game. To his surprise, the hard-worki...
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Sunday, June 13, 2021

Ishiguro's Klara Is Apparently No Fiction

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I have a habit of acquiring, through purchase or library borrowing, more books than I will read. My curious approach to reading is to try to...
Friday, June 11, 2021

Nashville Skyline and a Selection of Images from the Country Music Hall of Fame

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Nevada Bob Gordon was in Nashville this week recording his second album. A lot of history here. Charlie McCoy, one of the session musicians ...
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Thursday, June 10, 2021

My Unkind Letter to Mother Maybelle Carter

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Grave of Mother Maybelle Carter.  Photo courtesy Gary Firstenberg. To my shame I once wrote an unkind letter to the much respected and now l...
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