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It was pure luck that I happened to be in Athens, Georgia, on Nov. 8, 1980. I was on the debate team in high school and there happened to be […]
It was pure luck that I happened to be in Athens, Georgia, on Nov. 8, 1980. I was on the debate team in high school and there happened to be […]
Some goals of mine for the new year. More analog, less digital More posting, less tweeting More outdoors, less indoors More reading, less scrolling More connection, less isolation More doing, […]
Henry Aaron died today. Most of us fans knew him as Hank, but he preferred Henry, and so Henry it is. I guess we should take care of the baseball […]
Three years ago this week, WFAE put out the first episode of my podcast, SouthBound. The first guest was Harvey Gantt, the former mayor of Charlotte, a civil-rights hero who […]
It’s likely that we won’t have a definitive winner in the presidential race at the end of the day. Things will definitely get weird and might get scary. That mix […]
I’ve been reading a little bit about work/life balance lately, because who knows what work is going to look like once ALL THIS is over, and mainly because I’ve always […]
I don’t think this is an official national holiday yet — we had not heard back from Congress at press time — but it’s still a great day: “The Elephant […]
(apologies to the great Mike Birbiglia for borrowing his title) So … I have a deal to write a new book. We actually signed the paperwork a few weeks ago, […]
Allee Willis died back on Christmas Eve. You wouldn’t know her name unless you’re deeply into songwriting, but you know her work. She wrote or co-wrote “I’ll Be There For […]
There’s a famous British documentary series called the Up series, where director Michael Apted started following a group of 7-year-olds and has returned to them every seven years to see […]
These beauties showed up at the house yesterday, which means it’s time to announce the official dates for the paperback book tour for “The Elephant in the Room.” So here […]
(This is not about sports, just FYI, although I’ve been thinking a lot about ballplayers who are pros in every way except getting paid, especially when it comes to college […]