Marble Falls Recently, there was an obit for Jerry Miller, the lead guitarist for the 60s West Coast band, Moby Grape, that had quite a moment during their time. It used to be that there couldn’t have been an article about him or the group without a mention of another band member, Peter Lewis, …
Category: Personal Writings
A Different Chinese Invasion
Marble Falls The Organizers’ Forum is heading to Taipei, Taiwan, this year for our annual international dialogue. The delegation is forming now, so we’re open to adding anyone interested in joining the regulars who have already signed up. Taiwan is of course in the news all the time. There’s no denying that there is …
Peoples’ Lawyers
Marble Falls Maybe it’s nostalgia or a memory defect, but it seems like there was a time, maybe in the 70s before Nixon, where fledgling organizations, grassroots, low-income, issue-responsive, or what some call frontline groups now, could relatively easily access legal advice and help. Legal services were actually federally funded. There were large and …