Responsibility, Freedom and Uvalde
It’s incomprehensible that 325 million people can’t figure out how to keep their 18-year-old males from killing us and our
Category: Ethics
A Prayer for the Russian People
Today I pray for the people of Russia, passive victims of a sociopathic leader, taken into war without their voices
Your Bag of Wedges: A Commencement Address
I was invited by President Beck Taylor to give the afternoon Commencement Address for Samford University’s winter graduation on Saturday,
Michael Lewis’ Premonition: A Cautionary Tale
REVIEW of Michael Lewis, The Premonition: A Pandemic Story W. W. Norton & Company (May 4, 2021). After retirement I
Poplar Tent Memories: album release
I have updated and re-released an album I put together with some friends ten years ago, POPLAR TENT MEMORIES. The
Remembering 9/11
The Watchers Gary Allison Furr. September 11, 2020 I wasn’t on a plane, or a family member receiving frantic calls,
Ranting the Deadly Sins
My friend LaMon Brown reminded me of this quote from a book i read many times and loved over the
Turning the Page to a New Day
Some people can look at the big picture and take it in. Others of us have to plant down on
When You Aren’t Sure
I got the Phizer vaccine. Both shots. Felt a little bad half of one day after the second shot and
Tom Dooley
Some years back Vickie and I vacationed near Boone, NC, home of Doc Watson. We stayed in a place with
The Flatpickin' Pilgrim's Progress 