He’s poor, this one. No advantages, nothing but his wits and determination. But he’s going to achieve his dream. And get the girl. Because that’s how this story works.
It’s a familiar narrative in American life—every rags-to-riches story in the Horatio Alger mold fits it. It’s Ben Franklin, the youngest son of the youngest son, making […]
In a year when we are suffering all the effects of a world full of people striving to be first, to have the most, to be the biggest and most powerful, it’s wonderful to stop for a moment and reflect on the words of a person who was admired—and reviled—by millions, who was recognized wherever […]
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So I’ve been off the Internets for a couple of weeks–haven’t been writing because I’ve been too busy writing. But now the U2 book is off to the publisher, and–except for Brian McLaren’s Foreword and my Afterword, which I’ll write when the new album comes out–the book is done. I’m […]
