It sounds a bit like a script for a television show or film under the Disney umbrella. A small high school in a town of 250 people decides to start a football team. The goalpost crossbars are built out of two by fours. The players don’t wear jerseys. They wear sweatshirts with the numbers painted […]
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In today’s sound-bite world, it is easy to forget that cogent maxims can be more than buzzwords and arise from more substantive expressions of thought. Although they may encapsulate a principle or theme, they aren’t necessarily designed to be a 15-second snippet. Wisdom of Progressive Voices, compiled and edited by Joanne Boyer, is a good […] Bulletin Board In addition to the five book reviews posted here over the last 10 days or so, I’ve got a review of The Boomer’s Guide to Story over at Cinema Sentries. Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes Bearing the Cost of War (“Since 9/11, no national leaders have proposed that the country actually pay […] Why do certain political ideas take root and gain acceptance while others advocated by the same party or movement do not? That question can’t help but come to mind reading R. Alton Lee’s Principle over Party: The Farmers’ Alliance and Populism in South Dakota, 1880-1900. The Farmers’ Alliance and the political parties to which it […] Using weather as a metaphor can be tricky business. One of the worst sentences I’ve read in years invoked a “restless silver sky.” F. Scott Fitzgerald on the other hand used it to noted effect in The Great Gatsby. The risk for a writer may be even greater when weather is the central allegory. […] |
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