President Joe Biden announced last week that he will seek a second term. For some, the power of the presidency is irresistible. Almost no one walks away voluntarily from seeking a second term. Lyndon Johnson was the last man who did in 1968, but only after Vietnam and domestic unrest combined to nearly destroy his …Continue Reading »
“Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?” Gordon Lightfoot died on Monday, May 1, a transcendent singer and songwriter and one of the most talented and iconic musicians in the second half of the 20th century. I have loved his music from the moment …Continue Reading »
Item: Play Ball: It’s April, and Major League Baseball has returned, complete with a pitch clock, larger bases, and other rule changes designed either to speed up the game or otherwise make it more exciting for the casual fan. So far our beloved Braves are off to a very hot start and look better than …Continue Reading »
God has a special place for still-born things, The things that never were and should have been; The little songs no singer ever sings, The beauty of a picture hung unseen, A noble heart that loved with no return, And deeds well meant which somehow turned out ill, A lovely flame that vainly tried to …Continue Reading »
In this Dispatch, Stan visits Camilla, Georgia, and looks back on one of the most notorious incidents of political and racial violence in Georgia’s history that happened there 155 years ago.