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A brawl at a high school football game? In Alabama, really?

September 3, 2013

The Bleacher Report‘s coverage of a little Friday night soiree in north Alabama: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1759324-alabama-high-school-football-coaches-brawl-after-game Check out the one coach’s face, and consider that, in Alabama,…
A few thoughts on recent Civil Rights commemorations

September 1, 2013

On August 28, the nation celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, an event whose name has been conveniently…
The Death of Albert Murray

August 20, 2013

Yesterday, novelist and critic Albert Murray died at the age of 97. I had written about his novel Train Whistle Guitar not long ago. A…
Chasing Ghosts: “It’s like he knew it was coming.”

August 8, 2013

My dad could barely carry the big Stor-All box from his car up the driveway to my house, and he had not told me he…