http://wynn.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ "Who knows, but that on the lower frequencies I speak for you?" - from "Invisible Man", by Ralph Ellison en Vox Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:35:47 -0500 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/what-i-believe-at-least-in-part.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Barry) http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/what-i-believe-at-least-in-part.html?_c=feed-rss http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/what-i-believe-at-least-in-part.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:35:47 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://wynn.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251c4f6bf2190123ddf04a21860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2251c4f6bf2190123ddf04a21860d-50si" alt="iris" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/what-i-believe-at-least-in-part.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c4f6bf2190123f1866c3d860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> dinner holidays nostalgia volunteering thanksgiving http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/its-what-you-do.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Barry) http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/its-what-you-do.html?_c=feed-rss http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/its-what-you-do.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:15:00 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://wynn.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251c4f6bf21901101636b3b3860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2251c4f6bf21901101636b3b3860c-50si" alt="Baby girl" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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 ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/its-what-you-do.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c4f6bf219011017b1ef54860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> children soccer diary of a desperate dad http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/1-corinthians-13.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Barry) http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/1-corinthians-13.html?_c=feed-rss http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/1-corinthians-13.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:53:35 -0500 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/1-corinthians-13.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c4f6bf2190109d0ffe125000f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> quote love charity manhood http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/letter-from-a-birmingham-jail.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Barry) http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/letter-from-a-birmingham-jail.html?_c=feed-rss http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/letter-from-a-birmingham-jail.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:54:21 -0500 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/letter-from-a-birmingham-jail.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c4f6bf2190109815fbb85000d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> writing king redux http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/theoretical-urchins-redux.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Barry) http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/theoretical-urchins-redux.html?_c=feed-rss http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/theoretical-urchins-redux.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:25:35 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://wynn.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251c4f6bf2190109815f2dcd000d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2251c4f6bf2190109815f2dcd000d-50si" alt="Caffeine Drink &amp; Newspaper - Close Up" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/theoretical-urchins-redux.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c4f6bf2190109811f6e65000c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> redux flummery http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/47-years-and-counting.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Barry) http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/47-years-and-counting.html?_c=feed-rss http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/47-years-and-counting.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:46:05 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://wynn.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2251c4f6bf21900e398cc9ff60005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2251c4f6bf21900e398cc9ff60005-50si" alt="Happy Birthday Mr. President" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/47-years-and-counting.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c4f6bf219010980c4bc6e000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> birthday redux again? http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/i-dont-know-what-to-call-this.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Barry) http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/i-dont-know-what-to-call-this.html?_c=feed-rss http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/i-dont-know-what-to-call-this.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:23:45 -0500 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. ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/i-dont-know-what-to-call-this.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c4f6bf2190109d0e87561000f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics obama errata http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/in-praise-of-18-years.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Barry) http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/in-praise-of-18-years.html?_c=feed-rss http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/in-praise-of-18-years.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:51:17 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://wynn.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2251c4f6bf21900fae8d6c0af000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2251c4f6bf21900fae8d6c0af000b-50si" alt="Endicott - Kid Creole &amp; The Coconuts" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 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. ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/in-praise-of-18-years.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c4f6bf21900fad6a466b00005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> family marriage anniversary http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/oh-good-lord.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Barry) http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/oh-good-lord.html?_c=feed-rss http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/oh-good-lord.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:36:43 -0400 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... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/oh-good-lord.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c4f6bf21900fa9692cb8d0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics election obama the crazy mccain http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/the-tradgedy-of-trent-lotts-porch.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Barry) http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/the-tradgedy-of-trent-lotts-porch.html?_c=feed-rss http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/the-tradgedy-of-trent-lotts-porch.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:45:34 -0400 <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://wynn.vox.com/library/post/the-tradgedy-of-trent-lotts-porch.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c4f6bf21900fa968cc81c0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics flotsam