January 14, 2021 Little Rock      Once you breakout of metro Atlanta and hit interstate 20, the hills start rolling towards Birmingham, and then interstate 22 moves through northern Alabama towards Tupelo until connecting to I-55 into Memphis. There’s not much to see in that stretch of I-22, but it’s beautiful. The hills are higher. Houses …

January 13, 2021 Atlanta No sense in lying. I’m tired of Zoom, and, worse, I’m starting to think that it is hurting our work. In my mind, Zoom is becoming like Facebook, an interesting and sometimes valuable communication tool, but a highly deficient organizing tool, because of its superficiality. Partly, I’m moving to this conclusion …

January 12, 2021 Atlanta      Politicians, near and far, along with the rest of us, are learning how power really works in the wake of the recent Trump Days of Rage at the national Capitol. Elected officials may pretend that they are accountable to their constituencies, but are getting slapped up the side of their …