Delta Dreaming

 My limited study of evolution convinces me that Homo sapiens have a genetic urge to understand. Both religion and science grew from the ear...

 Last week I travelled through the forgotten part of our state, the Arkansas Delta. I passed through a community named, of all things, Geths...

 I remember reading somewhere that, in late 1944 into early 1945, as Nazi Germany was collapsing: The Allied bombing campaign had crippled...

  This morning as Bessie Smith the Rescue Dog and I rambled, we listen to “Cannery Row,” by John Steinbeck. It was perhaps my thirtieth enco...

Sometimes I wonder if, in some bizarre case of cosmic retribution, America isn't getting what she deserves. In my lifetime, I’ve seen us...

  A friend and I had lunch last week and the conversation turned to the year1968 when we served simultaneously, but hundreds of miles apart,...

  MORNING THOUGHTS One almost has to admire their cunning. Since Newt Gingrich showed them how, they have convinced enough Americans, includ...