Washington I count myself lucky, when I’m not in DC. That’s not a new thing, but a lifelong habit. It’s a company town, and I don’t much care for the company. Sitting in Georgetown for a minute on my way to the University this evening, it’s a gray, early spring day. I can tell it …
Month: March 2019
Besides, A Stick Shift Teaches Character, Self-Reliance, and Respect
New Orleans I was in Triana, Albania, riding shotgun, talking pleasantly in the car as we drove to a meeting, and I swear I couldn’t help myself from channeling my father, a million others, and, frankly, myself, when I snapped at the driver, “stop lugging the engine!” I was self-aware enough to explain what lugging …
We Need More Jubilee
New Orleans I heard about it in Sunday school or read it myself in the bible, I don’t really remember it. When in South Africa in 2004 a decade after the end of apartheid in South Africa with a delegation from the Organizers’ Forum, I remember well our whole group of fifteen or more …