Anyone who’s read Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States with an open mind knows the score, but we do need to be reminded from time to time, particularly those of us who live inside the affluence bubble. (And please note that my concept of affluence includes a 10-year-old car, no cable, a healthcare strategy […]
English teacher Scott Compton, in the context of what his attorney Darryl Smalls describes as a “lesson in symbolism,” reportedly stomped on an American flag during three honors classes at Chapin High School in mid-December. According to Smalls, Compton was “trying to show (that) America is greater than its national emblem.” There are folks in […]
This was supposed to be a post about the time I drove over 300 miles round-trip from Columbia to Savannah to buy a radioactive red Fiestaware teapot. Instead, belying today’s upbeat headline and photo, I’m going say hello to the Marines who deployed their youthful tallywhackers recently, urinating on what are reported to have been […]
