Something happened last week that gave me a great deal of anxiety.Just before going to sleep, the words, “Step on a crack and break your motherĢƵ back,” popped into my head.That set off a flurry of thoughts about the origin of that phrase, and its lack of a meaningful interpretation.To be ...
The Civil War was eight years away when a hearing convened in Uniontown to decide the fates of runaway slaves Charlotte, Liz, and Willis Greene, under the federal Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.The year was 1853. The Greenes were the children of Alex and Evalina Greene, former slaves themselves who ...
Technology is forever changing. And I’m forever struggling to keep up with it.ThatĢƵ not the first time I’ve expressed those thoughts.Back in February of 2007, I wrote a column for these pages about how modern inventions that once seemed indispensable are eventually cast aside for even a ...