by John D. Pierce | Nov 22, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce [Note: A visit to Atlanta’s Lenox Square Mall last Friday was a good break between long periods of sitting in meetings. Entering Macy’s, I encountered an aggressive cologne gunner. That experience reminded me of a magazine article that I...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 20, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce My parents were ignorant and out of touch. They rarely knew the musicians and actors that my brothers and I discussed around the dinner table. Privately (for my own safety) I would roll my eyes at their disconnect from the happenings of the world. Now I...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 14, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce There was so much public response to the movie, The Help, that I wrote no comments of my own at the time of the release. But one thought related to the novel-turned-film keeps moving around in my mind. It has to do with the designations of villains and...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 12, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce One of my third-grade classmates once offered the classic excuse for not turning in her homework assignment. She told our teacher: “The fan blew it off the table and the dog ate it.” Those words were so embedded in our young minds that some...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 8, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce When our daughter was playing in a softball league several years ago, another dad asked me out of the blue: “You ever been to the Holy Land?” “Yes,” I replied. “How long did it take to get there?” “Oh, about 10...
