Tag: Harper Lee

  • Trouble Between the Races

    Trouble Between the Races

      Tell me an uplifting story from your life, my girlfriend asked. She is in the middle of a family drama involving rapidly declining cognitive abilities of a loved one, a tediously slow system of elder care and all that entails. It's a drama she's[..]
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  • Pat: A Natural Born Mentor

    Pat: A Natural Born Mentor

    [caption id="attachment_2131" align="aligncenter" width="532"] Photo credit: Elizabeth DeRamus[/caption] Ironically enough, some of the most small-minded people I ever worked with worked in newsrooms.  I was reminded of that this weekend as I read numerous newspaper articles about the death of Pat Conroy. My heart was[..]
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  • Uncivil Discourse

    Uncivil Discourse

    Before I begin this discussion, let me just say, I have been guilty of this very thing.  There have been times when I have gotten all in a huff over something somebody said, some opinion they've expressed, some thought they had, some issue they were[..]
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  • Exploitation of Harper Lee

    Exploitation of Harper Lee

      Readers and writers the world over are abuzz with the news that Harper Lee is releasing a novel. Doing the very thing she swore to the Barefooted Jesus she would never do. It has been a well-known fact that Harper Lee, now 88,  has[..]
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