This Sunday will be the baccalaureate service for seniors at West Forsyth, and I am honored to share in that celebration for many reasons. One is because West is graduating another stellar group of young people. Another is because it is a time for positive reflection on accomplishments done. But I would be remiss if … Continue reading A Year Ago in Titan History – Another 111 Miles Dominated
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If Donald Trump Sampled R.E.M.’s “Nightswimming” Without Giving Credit
Instruments tuning in an amazing way. Piano comes in like pushing aside the leader of Montenegro to get in front. Begin singing. “Nighttweeting” Nighttweeting can happen any night. The photograph in the cover of a book I never wrote shows much less hair than I comb over now. Every late tweet reveals a … Continue reading If Donald Trump Sampled R.E.M.’s “Nightswimming” Without Giving Credit
Remember, You’re The Titans
I imagine most of you have seen the movie Remember the Titans about a public school in Virginia the 1970's being desegregated and how its football team became a vehicle for positive change. I watch it every chance I get. There's a hopeless romantic still inside of me that likes a feel-good movie that actually … Continue reading Remember, You’re The Titans
Your Yuck, His Yum – A Musing With Malcolm
Mustard and Ketchup Batman and Robin Coffee and Cream Beans and Rice Baseball and Hot dogs West Forsyth Titans and 111 mile drives to Raleigh Raleigh lawmakers and public school advocacy - well, maybe not and... Pancakes and Ranch Dressing? At least to this little man. We are sitting at a restaurant, specifically Stratford … Continue reading Your Yuck, His Yum – A Musing With Malcolm
Two Mandatory Courses For Sen. Chad Barefoot’s Ridiculous Replacement for Governor’s School
If you remember, the recent North Carolina Senate budget included a provision offered by Sen. Chad Barefoot to do away with more liberal arts opportunities for our students and replace those prospects with state funded “camps” to teach students how to legislatively run the state in the same manner as the current powers that be. … Continue reading Two Mandatory Courses For Sen. Chad Barefoot’s Ridiculous Replacement for Governor’s School
Why Donald Trump Should Appoint LaVar Ball to Become the Head of the FBI
Donald Trump is a business man, pure and simple. And successful business men surround themselves with people who compliment them. So while he is “draining the swamp” of Washington D.C., it only seems appropriate that Trump get rid of those who do not share his vision and put into place people who share his blurred … Continue reading Why Donald Trump Should Appoint LaVar Ball to Become the Head of the FBI
Rescue Animals Rule – Week One With Finn
"It's been one week..." -Barenaked Ladies About this time last week, we brought home Finn and the cats are still wary of the beast. But it's getting better. His feet really are huge. He palmed a basketball the other day. His bark is deep like Lou Rawls and he has a growl that Barry White … Continue reading Rescue Animals Rule – Week One With Finn
Betsy DeVos at Bethune-Cookman University – Free Speech at Its Best
Before you judge how the students at the commencement exercises at Bethune-Cookman University behaved while Betsy DeVos delivered her address, please remember there is a history that the students there are very aware of that extends well beyond just DeVos's background. Consider this. And then consider this. "Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday withdrew a … Continue reading Betsy DeVos at Bethune-Cookman University – Free Speech at Its Best
Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter, and R.E.M. – Only Two of These Know the True Meaning of “Reckoning”
“I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.” -R.E.M. “So. Central Rain” In the 2016 election, Donald Trump carried the state of Georgia. Comfortably. And from the Peach State, he plucked two men for his cabinet: Sonny “Pray for Rain” Perdue as Secretary of Agriculture and Tom Price as Health and Human Services Director. Price … Continue reading Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter, and R.E.M. – Only Two of These Know the True Meaning of “Reckoning”
He’s Home – Finneas Luther Logan “Finn”
He's here at home with is new family and the cats are a little on edge. And he's big. The great people at Carolina Great Pyrenees Rescue (http://carolinapyrrescue.com/) deemed him ready to go to a new permanent home. Finn's last heartworm treatment is in the past and while he is still rather underweight for a … Continue reading He’s Home – Finneas Luther Logan “Finn”
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