Last Week’s News: Surviving Santiago as a Cautionary Tale
Thinking about the themes of Surviving Santiago in the wake of two incidents of political violence in the U.S. in the past week.
Reclaiming Our History: The Colorado Student Walkouts
A response to the Jefferson County, Colorado school board's effort to teach obedience rather than history, and the student walkout that ensued.
The Writer on the Road: Schenectady County Community College
On my dear departed MobileMe blog, I had an occasional series titled "The Writer on the Road," which featured reports of my various speaking engagements in high schools, colleges, public…
The Lesson of “NO”
My friend and VCFA classmate Linda Washington just started her blog with a review of the film The Artist, and it inspired me to write about a film I saw…