I’ve seen two really good movies this weekend. _In the Valley of Elah_ and _Eastern Promises_. _In the Valley of Elah_, directed by Paul Haggis, was very moving and disturbing to me. Much more so than the movie _Crash_, which I felt ended up… Read more
According to this recent poll, Guiliani is favored over Clinton and Obama. I know it’s really early to worry, but if we have ANOTHER REPUBLICAN president, I swear I’m moving to Canada along with the rest of the radical… Read more
I really wanted to go to Jena today. I mean I -really- wanted to go. I have class and I have a faculty meeting. No real excuse, though, is it. My white liberal guilt is plaguing me. I watched a clip of the rally from CNN. There are so few white… Read more
At Jena High School, students of different races customarily seldom sat together. Black students traditionally sat on bleachers near the auditorium, while white students sat under a large shade tree, referred to as the “white tree,” in the center of… Read more