“My own heroes are the dreamers, those men, and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results… but… Read More ›
Education
A SEA OF RED OVERTAKES NASHVILLE
“I’ve never had a humble opinion. If you’ve got an opinion, why be humble about it?” ― Joan Baez “Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” ― Thomas Jefferson … Read More ›
HOUSTON, WE HAVE LIFT OFF
“I read somewhere that 77 percent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I’m more intrigued by the 23 percent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves.” ― Jerry Garcia “I like grit, I like love and… Read More ›
EVIL EYE FLEAGAL IS ON THE RUN
“Cities controlled by big companies are old hat in science fiction. My grandmother left a whole bookcase of old science fiction novels. The company-city subgenre always seemed to star a hero who outsmarted, overthrew, or escaped “the company.” I’ve never… Read More ›
THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY
“I might have made a tactical error not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that didn’t pay off.” ― Warren Zevon “I think there’s a great beauty to having problems. That’s one of… Read More ›
TEACHERS ARE SICK
“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.” ― Socrates “If you’re not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?” ― Gene Wilder Today we are going… Read More ›
IT IS NOT LIKE YOU WEREN’T WARNED
“Birds scream at the top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at daybreak to warn us all of the truth, but sadly we don’t speak bird.” ― Kurt Cobain “Moral wounds have this peculiarity – they may… Read More ›
UNCHAINED OR UNHINGED…OR DO WE EVEN KNOW THE DIFFERENCE?
“As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.” ― Barbara Brown Taylor, Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith I distrust those people who… Read More ›
TONY SOPRANO VISITS TENNESSEE LEGISLATORS
“You don’t accomplish much by swimming with the mainstream. Hell, a dead fish can do that.” ― Kinky Friedman “If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” ―… Read More ›
MY OP-ED FOR THE TENNESSEAN
During his campaign for re-election in 1967, Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley said, “I believe in progress and a good school system is essential to progress. I also believe, as I have demonstrated over my last three years as mayor, that… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 