There was a very cold and misty night here in town last week. I happenened to be doing some late night work that evening and was inspired after the toil to go for a little photographic wandering through downtown. So the next twelve days will be a series of photographs from that wandering.
A shot of the light of a stop light reflected against a wet brick sidewalk. Shot with my Canon S200.
[Read More]Sorry for the lack of a photo yesterday. I was in the middle of a very long day and when it was over I wasn’t much in the mood for posting. However, I’ve got the next two weeks of pictures ready to go.
[Listening to: A Sorta Fairytale - Tori Amos - Scarlet’s Walk (05:29)]
I know it’s been more than a day since I made my proclamation that I was reentering the world of political discussion, but honestly it’s been hard to pick my subject after so long. However, I got my blood up last Wednesday and that’s usually all the impetuous I need but the writing took longer. But at long last here’s a little piece on what it means to be an American. Full Story
[Read More]I was listening to Michael Savage on the radio the other night. I know it’s poor mental hygiene to indulge in such vices, but it’s all that was on the small talk radio circuit down here. For those of you who don’t know, Michael Savage is a self-avowed nationalist who hosts a nationally syndicated talk show called the Savage Nation.
That night he defined a country as a border, language and culture. With this as a basis, he went on to propose ending bilingual education and the complete closing of the borders. I had an instinctual revulsion to this diatribe but like all emotions, they are best consumed when understood. So the question really is what is an American?
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