I am a creature of routine. This shocks people, but it's true. I wear the same four shirts over and over. I have two pairs of pants I wear almost every day, unless I wear shorts that day, when I will wear one of two pairs, or if I have to dress up, in which case I wear … [Read more...]
Liberation for everyone
The other night I argued fiercely and publicly at length with an agent of the Federal government whose job it is to create and enact policies that are designed to destroy economically poor communities. After the event, we spoke again, and I handed him my card and told him he … [Read more...]
Processing celebrity death
I was sitting at Waffle House, looking at my email while eating my breakfast, when The Huffington Post announced that Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul herself, had passed away. We all knew it was coming. She had been in Hospice care for a few days and the internet gossip … [Read more...]
Being willing
I have been in Jackson since the end of June. During that time, I have been in at least 30 or 35 meetings. If it was an open meeting, I showed up. As such, I have sat in meetings of the school board, various neighborhood associations, people's assemblies, businessmen's network … [Read more...]
What I am doing in Jackson
As of this evening, Renee and I have been in Jackson MS for 35 days. We are living in a tiny, temporary apartment downtown just a block or so from the capitol building, where us and three cats are trying to make the best of it while we wait for our house in Raleigh to close so we … [Read more...]
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