an excerpt from Rawlings' memoirs...telling a story about a wild, remote Florida. Dedicating this reading to  Sammy McGee, Mike Ferguson, Keith Barton, Scott Matthews, and Tanner Rowell...and so many more who love this place even more than I do.

 There has to be a point where moral persuasion is replaced by political persuasion.  If we believe our cause is just, if we the teachers are convinced of that, then we must stop asking and start demanding. “Power,” Frederick Douglass said, “concedes nothing without demand. It never has and never will.”  

Along with our weekly  episodes, I thought I'd throw in some things for the kids. My grandchildren sure like books, and since  I don't always get the chance to read to them, I thought this would be a good way to share some of their favorite stories.  [email protected] 

 `Otro loco mas,’

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Along with our regular weekly episodes, I thought I'd throw in a few things for the kids. My grandchildren sure love books, and since I don't always get the chance to read to them, I thought this would be a good way to share some of their favorite stories.  [email protected]

It may matter that Patrick Smith, who wrote the consummate story of frontier Florida, was Mississippi born and raised—  This of course lends credence to  Smith’s claim that we can have more than one sense of place.    [email protected]  

  "To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary and spontaneous, instead of compulsory routine is an unflattering estimate of the appeal of our institutions to free minds" -Justice Robert Jackson

 As Bob Dylan proved years ago, there are times when you must let the audience come to you, rather than the other way around. Sometimes, a teacher must do something close to that-- inspire the love of knowledge by simply loving it yourself.  

a short stay, but a fun few days on Eleuthera—filled with  swimming, fishing, cliff diving, and a rollicking time in Gregory Town...and then the crossing back   [email protected]  

America is currently awash in clanging clashing certitudes...this is a lesson right out of the classroom   [email protected]