by James Heflin | Jan 7, 2008 | The Public Humanist
When I was but a young lad, I was with my Dad (then a Southern Baptist minister, now a Baptist professor), and a few other adults in someone’s back yard in rural Louisiana. Someone pointed out two stars (probably a planet and a star, I now realize) that had...
by James Heflin | Feb 4, 2009 | The Public Humanist
Ira Glass always sounds as if he’s got a bag of Cheetos just off-mic for between-sentence scarfing. At least, in my world of radio magic, that accounts for his strange, halting delivery. But Glass is up to something that’s bordering on real brilliance with...
by James Heflin | Dec 26, 2006 | Ten Gallon Liberal
It’s an odd time for a bleeding heart to hit the blogging world, even one in a big hat. I mean, so much has been accomplished in the last year–Tom Delay has been trundled off to his post-congressional hootenanny, where, one presumes, he’ll get to...
by James Heflin | Jan 2, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal
A while back, I collected photos of Our Dear Leader with a halo. Apparently some AP photographer was having a good time fuzzing up the presidential seal, making Bush look downright saintly. See what I mean? I was never quite sure what this was supposed to mean. Was...
by James Heflin | Jan 2, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal
For all you wannabe cowboys, I’ll say this: Saddam? Bad guy. He meted out his share and more of ugly death. Though I oppose the death penalty, there have been times I couldn’t muster the high-flown idealism to oppose it. This is one of those times, and the...