Monthly Archives: May 2009

IDEALS, ICONS AND INDEPENDENT THINKING

My 11th grade American History teacher was imperious and formidable. Carl Damson – oh, we had fun with that name outside his earshot – had taught so long that some of our parents were still intimidated by him at conferences.  … Continue reading

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MORNING IN PHILADELPHIA

We are hurtling westward from Atlantic City in the pre-dawn.  The fog renders the inky blackness more mysterious than it has a right to.   Ghostly clusters of deer feeding in the median and the ditch appear briefly in the dim … Continue reading

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