Progressive Politics from Memphis
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Thinking About the Chair
Tuesday, November 9, 2010, the day of his birthday, TNDP Chair Chip Forrester asked the members of the TNDP Executive Committee to elect him chair once again. The timing of the Chair’s appeal may seem indelicate. Just one week has passed since the most devastating election cycle in history, and just hours before the letter…
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Inspiring
Tonight I saw something inspiring. At the National Civil Rights Museum, teachers, students, administrators, and parents came together to talk to Bill and Melinda Gates, as well as the local administrators of the grant money, about the future of the Memphis City Schools. There’s a perception out there that MCS is filled with parents that…
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The Unexamined Life…
Over the past several weeks I’ve been finding myself thinking a lot about stuff. There’s a lot of stuff going on, actually more stuff than I can either mention or even want to mention, but it’s out there…somewhere. When thinking about stuff, I often find myself wondering what other people think about the same stuff.…
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Cleaning Out the Cobwebs
It’s been a long time y’all. I would say I’m not going to make any excuses, but that’s a bold faced lie. Truth of the matter is, there’s a lot going on in my world. So, now that the sun actually comes up before me, and I have some time to talk about what I’ve…
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Marbles
Over the course of the past several months I’ve been reading and thinking and reading and listening and thinking some more about stuff. I haven’t written much because, quite frankly, I haven’t had much to say and I’m growing more and more frustrated at not only the way things are but the manner in which…