Showing posts with label South Carolina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Carolina. Show all posts
Saturday, May 11, 2024

To the barricades – patiently, part one

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Antiwar protests on college campuses are in the news and it’s no longer 1970. In the spring of 2024, young people are objecting to Israel’s ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Part V: The Way Mike Worked -- Serving Fish 'n' Chips in Shrimp 'n' Grits Country

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We called her Mom. She insisted. Never found out her real name. Her husband Tally called her "dear" or "hon" in the Sout...
Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Part IV: The Way Mike Worked -- This job stinks!

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"This job stinks," I complained to Ronnie. He looked at me over a pile of dirty laundry. Smoke from a Marlboro wreathed his fa...
Monday, March 07, 2016

Writer Pat Conroy delved deep into his own life for some unforgettable books

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My mother loved Pat Conroy's novel "The Great Santini." "Why can't you write like that?" she asked, a challeng...
Saturday, November 14, 2015

Life on campus, 1969 to the present

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When I left the dog-eat-dog arena of corporate America in 1988 for the ivy-covered halls of academe, I imagined a long life of teaching and...
Saturday, February 07, 2015

Can't help myself -- writing nice things about Republicans again

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I can't help myself. I keep writing nice things about Republican legislators. This time it's newly-elected Sen. Stephan Pappas of Ch...
Saturday, May 10, 2014

Freedom to read under threat in South Carolina

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As a Wyomingite, I can't really complain about another state's legislature's interference in the affairs of higher learning with...