For years I worked as police reporter for The Washington Times, spending long hours in squad cars in various cities getting to know cops well. Now I listen to nice white people in the suburbs, and self-assured voices from NPR, talking about the police. They know nothing of the world where the police work. They […]
Hard work, passion, virtue, and true grit earmark the American heartland. Anecdotes, generation-spanning farm families, and crop innovations speak volumes. They are all children of Read More
Tulsa toughs get ready to rumble in a musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton's
In spite of the name, Kelly & Lanzing’s Outsiders are unlike any before them. Disturbingly, the series has far more in common with Wildstorm’s late 90’s series Planetary. This
In this special episode of Mississippi Stories, Editor-at-Large Marshall Ramsey talks to Natalie Moore, peer wellness support services coordinator for the Mississippi Mental Health Association.
In Lapovo, central Serbia lies the Staro Brdo Sanctuary, a symbol of compassion for the country's horses started by one impassioned man.
“I feel lonely because I miss the company of a man that will be good to me but I don’t miss my late husband. I am not happy that he died but I am happy with where I am, now. “I am a university graduate, yet I felt lost and miserable due to the kind Read More
We need to understand why a situation has turned out the way it has to be able to identify with the reasons behind a person’s choices. We are naturally disposed to find comfort and understanding in a beginning, a middle and an end. I was reminded of that this month, when reading the Scottish Government’s school attendance and absentee statistics, which found that 31 per cent of students were “persistently absent” from classes. There are many ways to look at this figure, which is a shocking one....
As we leave Women’s History Month and enter Volunteer Appreciation Month, we wanted to share a story that embodies the spirit of both. Gladys Hunt, one of World Relief Memphis’ Good Neighbor Team volunteers, has a heart and calling for refugee empowerment and humanitarian work that is both inspiring and deeply personal. Immigrant Journey Originally…
It was during a special visit to the Casa Generalizia de La Salle on Via Aurelia arranged in absentia by Br. Armin Luistro FSC, Superior General of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, for my wife Neni, who was then in Rome, that she came across books she knew would be of special interest to me.
There are plenty of news stories about the impacts of climate change and how AI is going to change, well, everything. Less common, but no less relevant, are stories about how to meet the growing energy demands for the future. This country’s energy suppliers are predicting significant growth in the demand for electricity in the