Virtues and Vices

The dictionary defines “virtue” as having to do with moral excellence, righteousness and goodness. I bring this up because William Bennett, America’s self-appointed guru of virtue demonstrated on his radio show last week that he may need a virtue...

Sharing Can Make a World of Difference

It is odd how much stuff we Americans throw away. There was a day when you could get your radio, TV set, toaster or roller skates repaired. If the soles of your shoes had holes, they could be resoled. Today we live in a disposable society. It is cheaper to buy new...

Atlanta Cafe Reaches Out to Homeless

Bryce Courtenay wrote a novel, “The Power of One,” showing how one person, doing what he or she knows to be right, can change a corner of their world for the better. Ann Connor, an assistant professor at Emory University’s School of Nursing for the...

‘Serenity’

I never watched “Firefly,” the FOX TV show on which “Serenity” is based. I therefore am not part of the cult following that will flock to this picture, much like X-Philes turned out for the 1998 feature based on the popular TV show starring...