Was Wright so wrong?
Was Wright so wrong? Let’s all just take a moment and untwist our knickers. Despite The Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s dramatic style of rhetoric … despite his poor choice of words, is what he said really so wrong?
Blasphemy at the pulpit
(Had a request from a reader of my book, Sideways in Sarasota, who wanted to know why this column, originally published in March 08, wasn’t on my online column site — so for that reader — here you go and thanks for asking. I don’t have the “send a friend” link you requested, but you […]
Pint-sized philosophy
As published in the Tampa Tribune March 17, 2008. The Irish have been known to knock out a poem or two (think Seamus, Oscar, Van). Poetry, which for me is just another form of philosophy, is in their blood it seems, and while I’ve been known to wax poetic, I’m neither Irish nor poet. But […]
Ben and Jerry take a hike
Someone snapped my photo recently and when I saw the picture, I just about dropped the cheesecake I was eating and nearly fell off the couch. My name was in the caption, but surely they’d mixed me up with some puffier, pouff-ier, well, let’s just say it – fatter! – version of moi, right?
Tiny tech talk
R U there? I ♥ U! G2G! TTYL! Somebody, please …GMAB! (Give me a break!) With all the smaller, faster technologies available now, people seem obsessed with saying not very much at all, but saying it at lightening speed.
Hope’s got my vote
I’m planning to vote for Obama – in part because he’s black. I want a black person to be president of this country. But why?
A Season for Believing
As published in the Tampa Tribune November 21, 2007. Years ago, late on a Sunday afternoon, I found myself sitting in my favorite café in the North End of Boston, calculating whether to buy another cappuccino or save the few dollars I had in my pocket for subway tokens to get back and forth to […]
Danger! Troll Crossing
Sarasota County is in desperate need of new signage at major crossroads, especially those near bridges. Don’t believe me? Read on, dear readers, and remember, these are just a few troll encounters — all but one of which occurred within one emotionally unnerving week in October. I’ll let you ponder what that means for a […]
Thankful for what matters
Originally published October 2007. Newspapers – good ones — help foster connections and compassion within a community, and I’m grateful to be a small part of that through the Pelican Press. But without readers, newspapers (not to mention moi) would be out of business.
One Thomas Harassment Story Begats Another
As published in the Tampa Tribune October 11, 2007 Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has a new book out and is talking trash about Anita Hill. Knicks coach Isiah Thomas is in the hot seat for hurling names and unwanted attentions at a top Knicks female executive.