“In fact, I would venture to predict that the number of Americans who will vote for Obama because he’s black — out of admiration for his achievements and character, to prove to themselves they’re not prejudiced, to prove to the […]
Pondering Baseball’s Purity
Go to Hitting with Wood to see my new baseball blog and to read my editorial published in The Philadelphia Inquirer on the metal bat controversy. Stay tuned for more commentary on racial confusion in America.
Beyond Prejudice and Stupidity
Race is boiling up again in the collective conscience of public media and viewership. Michael ‘Kramer’ Richards’ comedy rampage got things going in grand style. Joe Biden kind of goofed his way into heating up our national confusion with his […]
Mr. Inevitable
An essay by Gary Kamiya in Salon.com today, “Me and Mr. Bonds,” (click on the title link above), takes an interesting look at the moral dilemma that Barry Bonds will present us next season as he moves towards breaking Hank […]
The New World
On September 11th we needed to say goodbye.Our phones are mobile nowSo we did. And somewhereIn that bright blue skySamuel Barber’s Adagio for StringsFound every one of us. We needed to say goodbye to innocence;Goodbye to an innocenceWe did not […]
WildViolets, Toasted-Cheese, Sleep Magazine
Several websites have recently published fiction that I’ve written. Sleep Magazine posted my short story, “The Exact Black of Night,” back in October. You can find it in their archives near the bottom of the page. I am tickled pink […]
Ralph Ellison and How the Self Floats
Still from the film “Ralph Ellison: An American Journey” It seems to me that Ralph Ellison may be this country’s most important writer. Not so much for his production or even his style, but because of his deep wisdom and […]
Citadel on the Mountain
When we set out on our journey to Richmond, it never occurred to me that I would have a story to tell. I took some notes on thoughts I was having at the time. I wrote in my journal some. […]
Once and Future Worlds
The Acadians of the Maritime Coast in Canada were a fully integrated culture mixing Native and French cultures over the course of several centuries prior to the Revolutionary War. They were a culture of some 18,000 people wiped out in […]
