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Willie Nelson, America’s Voice in the wake of 9-11
Posted on September 11, 2011 | No CommentsTen years later – here’s the third of my Slate.com diaries written in the wake of 9-11. I’m don’t have any vintage photos to post with this one because I’m... -
The Right To Education
Posted on August 24, 2010 | No CommentsIt’s been just under a year since I wrote a story for DogCanyon on The Right to Clean Water bemoaning the massive number of kids in the world whose lives... -
Report from Haiti
Posted on May 26, 2010 | 2 CommentsTraveling and working in the developing world, I’ve discovered that I’m a fairly positive person. In the cholera-ridden slums of Nairobi and the heroin-shooting galleries of Dhaka, Bangladesh, I’ve managed... -
World Party: The Dalai Lama and DogCanyon in Washington, D.C.
Posted on October 7, 2009 | 1 CommentA few years ago I got to meet the Dalai Lama. My friend Jim Forbes, the extraordinary former senior pastor of Riverside Church in New York City, hosted a small... -
Right and Wrong Is Not That Hard
Posted on October 7, 2009 | 5 CommentsIt’s Willie Wednesday again at DogCanyon. While ACL Fest goers were slip-sliding away, Willie was joined this weekend at Farm Aid in St. Louis by Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Wilco,... -
Willie Wednesday – The Tao of Willie
Posted on September 23, 2009 | No CommentsAfter lots of response to my Willie Nelson post last Wednesday, I thought I’d share a few thoughts on the man every Wednesday (as Willie generally does on his XM... -
Shoeshine Man — Back By Popular Demand
Posted on September 20, 2009 | 12 CommentsI can only conclude that he is made of something we could all use a great deal more of — laughter and love. American hero and visionary political leader Willie Nelson gives us all a great laugh... because we need one.