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A Camera Over A Gun Any Day

A Meet Up With Bill Clinton Under the Microscope by Glynn Wilson It should be no secret that I would rather be photographing birds from a canoe than covering politics. Unfortunately, the state of American politics and the press is…

The Blues May Make a Climate Change Comeback

Connecting the Dots by Glynn Wilson TUSCALOOSA, Ala., April 14 – The streets of downtown Tuscaloosa were practically deserted late Saturday afternoon when we rolled into town for the Third Annual Crawfish and Blues Festival, a testament to two facts.…

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…

A Response to E.O. Wilson: A Letter to the Church

Connecting the Dots by Glynn Wilson “Let the waters teem with fish and other life, and let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.” – Genesis, Chapter 1, Verse 20, (Living Bible translation, 1977). In response to: Creation:…

What We Need Is A National Day of Rest

“Who says nothing is impossible? Some people do it every day.” – Alfred E. Neuman Connecting the Dots by Glynn Wilson If life imitates art far more than art imitates life, as Andy Warhol and Oscar Wilde both contended, then…

On Technological Ch-Che-Change…

Connecting the Dots by Glynn Wilson There is no accounting for taste, or for how people learn and use new technology. While I am an avid student of how people use the Internet, especially, I hate to be called a…

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…

Caring More About Football Than Global Warming

Connecting the Dots by Glynn Wilson TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Jan. 7 – It is 72 degrees in mid-January and still drizzling rain in T-Town. It looks like global warming is taking a toll after six years of being denied and ignored…

Krystal Ball: Who Looks Presidential For 2008?

Presidential Tip Sheet: Early Bet on Edwards Looking under the hood of the muscle car in the Krystal parking lot, it looks like John Edwards could be the next president of the United States. Here’s why. In this early week…

A Retirement Home For Out of Work Journalists?

The newspaper industry is in trouble, and in no measure, it’s because of out of touch people like William Bunch, a senior writer for the Philadelphia Daily News who also publishes a blog. His latest misinformed missive was the lead…