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Moon Missions and the Southern Tradition

"…this city of Houston, this State of Texas, this country of the United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. This…

Without Athens, There is No R.E.M.: The Loss of Local Cultures

In high school, I had a friend who simply loathed Michael Stipe. This was in the late nineties, at the tail end of R.E.M.’s cultural dominance, but the band was…

DON’T SHOOT THAT MOCKINGBIRD!

Besides, the harshest criticisms of any place come from those who truly love and belong to it.
May 28, 2010

A Connecticut Yankee in King Cotton’s Court

Ralph Nader recently spoke at a university in the Heart of Dixie. We tried to build some bridges.