Category: Southern Scene

Under the Microscope: It’s A Mystery

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” – Albert Einstein Under the Microscope by Glynn Wilson My favorite answer to just about any political, social or technological…

Using Social Networks Politically

  How do I? – John Gilchrist of Superspade.blogspot.com/ questions the panel on social networking and political change. Between the subject and the occasional bass from a session in an adjoining room, no one slept after lunch at this session.…

Taking the Time to Find Hope

By Ronald Sitton MEMPHIS (Jan. 13) – Yesterday’s mists turned into today’s showers, making it hard to see down Interstate 40 as I returned to Memphis after going home to Little Rock last night. While that may seem like quite…

Jackson Invokes King’s Memory, Purpose

Continuing the Fight – Rev. Jesse Jackson finishes his speech at the National Conference for Media Reform. Jackson urged participants to continue the fight to keep independent media alive and well. MEMPHIS (Jan. 12) – Rev. Jesse Jackson told a…

Edwards Announces Presidential Run in New Orleans

by Glynn Wilson NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 28 – In one of the most novel presidential announcements in American political history, John Edwards stood in a muddy back yard in the Ninth Ward in blue jeans and said he chose…

It’s A Sweep: Democrats Take The Senate and House

Rumsfeld Ousted As Secretary of Defense by Glynn Wilson The sweep is final and complete. The Democrats will now control a majority in both the Senate and the House for the first time since 1994 as the two close races…

Wilson’s Krystal Ball: Election 2006 Predictions

by Glynn Wilson Turning to the polls online to look for hope or impending disaster on election day 2006, it is surprising to find the online pollsters more optimistic for the Democratic Party than even the national corporate broadcast media…

Important Elections Only One Week Away

by Glynn Wilson BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 30 – For the better part of the past month, it’s been a blast on the road “cowboying” in the Chevy van enjoying the fall weather and taking a break from television and politics…

Vote and Matter: Don’t and You’re ‘Mad as the Hatter’

Editor’s Note: Robert Penn Warren’s All The King’s Men is routinely listed in the top five novels in American literature, although it appears to have dropped off the radar screen of the masses in today’s so-called “conservative” TV-driven American culture.…

Fighting The Catawba River in North Carolina

Photo by Glynn Wilson Peak autumn color photos from the Catawba River in Marion, North Carolina. by Glynn Wilson MARION, N.C., Oct. 22 – It was about 3 p.m. Eastern Time when I finally got the boat in the water…