out of the pews

Challenge to students in Roberta’s home school program on the occasion of the graduation of Michemanna Blaise, the first graduate.  By Davi...

I learned about racism in a cafeteria line.  I was at school, in the 10th grade, 14 or 15 years old, depending on whether it was before or a...

Flags mean different things to different people at different times. When I was a kid I used my bicycle to get around Memphis. My favorite ...

My first vote ever in a national election was for Barry Goldwater.   Goldwater’s platform was that less government was better. I ha...

This month’s (March 2015) National Geographic cover article is titled “The War on Science.”   I saw a copy in a doctor’s waiting room an...

Once upon a time, in the land of Hush-A-Bye,  Around about the wondrous days of yore,  They came across a kind of box  Bound up with chains ...