by Charles Norman | Sep 1, 2019 | Song of the Day
I have always been fond of the West African proverb: ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.’ — New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt in a letter to Henry L. Sprague When it comes to presidents, fathers, and NFL owners, I prefer the...
by Charles Norman | Aug 29, 2019 | Song of the Day
Grasp the hands of the giant clock and unwind time to an unhappier and more confusing era… Walking on a narrow road scratched into the coral substrate of an unnamed island. An automobile has been abandoned in a patch of viny vegetation. The salty air, the rain,...
by Charles Norman | Aug 27, 2019 | Song of the Day
There’s just something missing for me and I don’t know what… It has nothing to do with the fact that you’re short, and it has nothing to do with the fact that you’re not bright enough, and it has nothing to do with the fact that your...
by Charles Norman | Aug 25, 2019 | Song of the Day
No sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner sighed but they asked one another the reason; no sooner knew the reason but they sought the remedy; and in these degrees have they made a pair of stairs to...
by Charles Norman | Aug 23, 2019 | Song of the Day
But when the buffalo went away the hearts of my people fell to the ground, and they could not lift them up again. After this nothing happened. — Plenty Coups, Crow Chief, in Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation by Jonathan Lear It has been...
