Monthly Archives: February 2017

A letter to my parish church, Feb. 28. “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? For if he … Continue reading →

Southerners are said to be obsessed with their own history. It’s true, belying that old dictum that history is always written by the winners. Even now, well into the 21st century, I find myself wading into the murky waters of … Continue reading →

For Pam I was just beginning, in that clammy August, to pick up the riff of the teaching gig when I flew from New Orleans off to Miami, the two U.S. cities we journalists dig. It felt like betrayal of … Continue reading →