Monthly Archives: April 2012

What exactly is the promise of college?

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

In Sunday’s New York Times, Frank Bruni writes eloquently about “The Imperiled Promise of College.” http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/bruni-the-imperiled-promise-of-college.html?_r=1&ref=frankbruni He begins with these sentences: “For a long time and for a lot of us, “college” was more or less a synonym for success. … Continue reading →

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A life well lived, a love well shared

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

It sure seems like a whole lot of the most special people in my life are leaving this life. I guess that happens as one gets older and I honestly can’t think of anything worse about aging. This weekend, I … Continue reading →

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Kochtopus

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

Charles and David Koch, the infamous Koch brothers, are doing immense damage to America. That’s what I believe. They own our home-town Georgia Pacific, which I think is a great tragedy. I have supported a boycott of GP products before; … Continue reading →

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An American Tragedy, part two

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

I’ve written about a few of these subjects before: the obscene incarceration rate in America http://www.myownstormypetrelwords.wordpress.com/2012/03/19/georgia-another-proud-moment/; Doug Blackmon’s ground-breaking book, Slavery by Another Name, in which he describes the forced labor system in place for more than a century after … Continue reading →

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My apologies, Kristof link didn’t take; try this

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/14/failing-our-military-veterans/

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An American Tragedy, part one

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

I’ve been working on another blog for a week now and hope to have it up soon. It’s far too long; I know that already. So, when I came across this one mind-numbing sentence in Nicholas Kristof’s column in the Sunday New York … Continue reading →

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I Pledge Allegiance…

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

Last fall, just a few months into his tenure, President Don Dowless of Shorter University in Rome, Georgia, a school affiliated with the Georgia Baptists, announced that all employees of the university would be required to sign a Personal Lifestyle … Continue reading →

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Ozzie and President Batista

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

Can you believe Ozzie Guillen was suspended only five games for his comments in support of the Cuban dictator, Fulgencio Batista? I am absolutely outraged and will never root for the Florida Marlins again, ever (I am also an old … Continue reading →

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Staff Sergeant Eddie Schall

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

I came to New York on Friday afternoon to spend four days with my father. It had been a month since I had been able to visit. I call him most days and for about the last two weeks, the … Continue reading →

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Petrino, 0-1

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

A few months ago, I wrote a series of blogs predicting the fate of Joe Paterno. He’d been allowed to become a runaway coach, but his reign, I suggested, had come to an end. There was no way a Board of … Continue reading →

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