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What I Believe (At Least In Part)

2009-12-10T04:35:47Z

Earlier today an online "discussion" about - among other things - ideology and who was "worth" helping got me to thinking about a friend: The first time I saw Iris she was shepherding half a dozen kids through the computer center in Howard Univ...

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It's What You Do

2009-04-19T17:15:00Z

Note: I started this post about 8 weeks ago contemporaneous with the actual event. Vox ate my first attempt. I wept bitterly, and did a partial reconstruction. I then promptly forgot about it. But it's still a story I want to tell. And you'll be ...

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1 Corinthians 13

2009-01-20T23:53:35Z

1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all f...

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Letter From A Birmingham Jail

2009-01-19T20:54:21Z

You may well ask: "Why direct action? Why sit-ins, marches, and so forth? Isn't negotiation a better path?" You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to crea...

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Theoretical Urchins (Redux)

2009-01-17T17:25:35Z

Originally published on my tumble blog Walter’s friend Max announced over coffee one morning that he “wanted to have children as soon as possible.” “Have you considered a hobby?” “Walter I’m serious.” Max was always serious and Earnest, at lea...

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47 Years And Counting....

2008-12-29T21:46:05Z

Another year gone. Not much time to reflect what with the holidays and the economy and the power being out... yes AGAIN.... But Fear Not. With the generator, we can run the kitchen and keep the house warm. My "friend" the personal trainer tried...

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I Don't Know What To Call This

2008-11-05T16:23:45Z

In some aspects it's like Christmas. Phone calls. A certain lightness, giddiness if you like. I smile at people I meet. I get emotional when I think of the people who have gone on before. You wouldn't be able to tell my father a damn thing today. ...

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In Praise of 18 Years

2008-08-18T15:51:17Z

Eighteen years ago today I got married, providing the last laugh for a lot of people. I was the one who had forsworn marriage, at least until I was 50. I was so sure of it, I'd made several bets on it. Never paid up, because I'm cheap like that. ...

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Oh Good Lord

2008-08-18T14:36:43Z

It's already being suggested that John McCain lifted his "cross in the dirt" moment - recounted at Rick Warren's Mega Church the other day - from Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "Gulag Archipelago". It would be a shame if he did. But I'm willing to all...

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The Tragedy of Trent Lott's Porch

2008-08-01T14:45:34Z

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