Disturbing Image: Assault as a Spectator Sport

Teach your children well, Their father's hell did slowly go by, And feed them on your dreams The one they picked, the one you'll know by.--Graham Nash William Golding wrote a novel called Lord of the Flies (LOTF) in which a group of English schoolboys being evacuated from...

Obama, the Nobel Peace Prize, and Hope

My favorite time of the morning are those early hours right after sunrise. I wake up, go to the bathroom, then climb back in bed for a couple (okay more like three) more hours of sleep Friends and family know not to telephone me before 9:00 a.m. (except my mother but she had...

Glenn Beck Has A Problem; He's An Idiot

I had a dream last night based on one of my favorite horror movies, The Fly. Not the sexy remake with Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis, but the original 1950s film. In the dream, I am sitting in the garden sipping a mint julep when I hear a tinny little voice crying, "Help me!...

Obama: Signed, Sealed, and Delivered

McCain calls it socialism; I call it opportunity, and there's nothing more American than that.--Senator Barack Obama, Raleigh, NC, October 29, 2008 Today (10/29/08) I feel as if I've been to the promised land. I was one of 25,000 people who stood on Halifax Mall, the...

The McCain Deception

When some folks hear the phrase, "share the wealth," they seem to equate it with the government grabbing their hard earned money out of their hands and shoving it in the hands of Mr. and Mrs. Lazy Good For Nothing. The McCain/Palin campaign has clamped onto this issue like...

Sharing The Wealth Isn't A New Nor A Bad Idea

Work has been far less busy this week and I haven't been doing my usual hamster on a wheel imitation. I decided to start my day with a trip to the Board of Elections office in downtown Raleigh to engage in early voting. It was a great idea; there were no lines at 9:00 a.m....

Satire, the Obamas, and the New Yorker

I've been reading comments again. I mention them because what I've read in comments on blogs, AOL journals, and news stories on the Internet, influences my take on the cover of the of New Yorker magazine, hitting news stands today, July 21, 2008. People whom I like, with...

Embracing Hope: Why Obama Rocks My World

The world of my youth was a world of separation. The railroad tracks separated our town into black and white. There were two libraries, the Wilson County Public Library and the Wilson County Negro Library. Everyone ate barbecue from Parker's but my mother had to go to the...