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We Need a Little Light
Posted on September 13, 2011 | 1 CommentWhat interesting parallels I’m having this week with the stories I wrote ten years ago as the Slate Diarist not long after 9/11. There was a lot of talk in... -
Ten Years After – My Slate Diaries in the wake of 9/11
Posted on September 10, 2011 | 1 CommentIn the days before everyone's grandmother had a blog, the Slate Diaries were one of the internet's greatest outlets for interesting writing from widely disparate voices. I was asked by Slate to be a weekly diarist a month before 9/11, and when I scheduled my week for early October, I couldn't have anticipated that America and the world would be in such a soul-searching and somber mood.
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Immigrants, legal and otherwise, fuel Texas economy, job growth
Posted on August 24, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe Washington Post cites several studies indicating that immigrants, both legal and illegal, account for a good bit of the job growth in Texas. Also, they put more into the... -
Real True Grit
Posted on July 24, 2011 | 2 Comments“Well, there is no beat of a good friend.” –Deputy Marshal Rooster Cogburn, in the novel, True Grit. “He is not my friend.” –Young Mattie Ross, speaking of Rooster Cogburn,... -
These Are the Times
Posted on October 22, 2010 | 1 Comment"These are the times that try men's souls," Thomas Paine said. But what times aren't?
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Dinosaurs Among Us
Posted on October 1, 2010 | 2 CommentsStanding over the makings of a new compost pile, hose in hand, I was surprised to see a little head pop up. Tiny nose, whiskers, beady eyes emerged surprised by... -
Desperados Waiting for a Train
Posted on August 10, 2010 | 6 CommentsOh my mama told me ‘Cause she say she learned the hard way She say she wanna spare the children She say don’t give or sell your soul away ‘Cause... -
Not Getting Much out of Your Networking? Maybe Your Expectations are Too High.
Posted on June 17, 2010 | No CommentsAaahhh networking. The schmooze fest. Some people love it, other people hate it. Generally speaking, I tend to think that I would prefer to interface with a computer monitor or... -
Evangeline, the Oil Spill and Highway 61
Posted on June 14, 2010 | 5 CommentsI was 18, skinny, out of money and in New Orleans for the first time after some Appalachian adventures and a visit to Nixon’s D.C. I faked a cocky walk...