Category: Under the Microscope

Understanding the Corporate Press and American Democracy

Under the Microscope by Glynn Wilson A couple of weeks ago, when not one single Republican took up our new President Barrack Obama’s call for “bipartisanship” to vote for his stimulus package to aid the faltering economy — a measure…

Damn the Pride of Men

Under the Microscope by Glynn Wilson The history of the Civil War has never really interested me that much compared to the American Revolution. Neither has the Great Man theory of history interested me nearly as much as the study…

Here’s To A Happy New Year in 2009

It’s the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 75th anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Under the Microscope by Glynn Wilson I can’t wait for 2009. When the ball drops and the calendar changes at one…

A Green Future is Our Only Real Hope

Under the Microscope by Glynn Wilson In a world of hurt and bad news as the global economy implodes, there is some good news to report this Sunday morning as the late October air finally begins to cool off the…

Crazy In Alabama?

Under the Microscope by Glynn Wilson Have you ever wondered why so many movies depicting the South also contain an underlying crazy theme? I guess that’s what they think of us in New York and LA. One of my favorites…

The Worst of Times, the Best of Times: August 2007 is History

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity. – Charles Dickens, A…

It’s A Black and Tan World

Not Black and White Under the Microscope by Glynn Wilson BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 10 – There is a famous story about editors at the New York Times I learned while working with the elite of the elite a few years…

‘The Tudors’ Exposes Monarchy as Corrupt

Under the Microscope by Glynn Wilson The spring bird migration seems to be over now, the grosbeaks have moved on north and the mosquitoes have finally arrived, along with the dreaded need for air conditioning – a great invention that…

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…