“I began writing on The Albany Project today and that felt great. I’m hoping it leads to a job – a good one, maybe with a campaign or government official.” – Saturday, July 26th, 2008, four months before I ended up becoming a Congressional Press Secretary. “Julian is now loaning me all of his stuffed […]
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My bright place is in my home state of North Carolina, and it is Stone Mountain State Park — a huge granite rock that people climb (it is a true rock mountain) and that I grew up near (about 10 minutes from my home). When my Maw Maw Johnson (my grandma) died a few years ago, I […]
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“Where do you go when you die?” I was driving my son down the road on Christmas evening a few years ago. He’d just gotten out of the hospital after his latest stint in the adolescent ward for troubling behaviors related to autism. He had just entered his teen years, and his medications were no […]
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bul·ly1 bo͝olē noun noun: bully; plural noun: bullies 1.a person who uses strength or power to harm or intimidate those who are weaker. Source: Google We don’t like to think of teachers as potential bullies, but it happens. In fact, it’s happened to my own kids, and it took me a while to realize […]
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On April 16th, while America was cooing over the latest famous person to carry a life inside of her (Chelsea Clinton), over 200 girls in Nigeria were having their lives threatened by extremists. These girls’ perceived infraction? Getting an education. Several dozen of the girls were able to jump off of the truck that was […]
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The Federal Communications Commission has just created a “Haves” and “Have-Nots” culture in the entire universe, i.e., the internet. After the new ruling, which you can read here, internet providers can now charge for faster lanes of internet speed to those willing to pay for it. This means that smaller websites will be slower, and […]
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Name: Maggie King Grade: Junior at West Henderson High, Hendersonville North Carolina Nestled in the southwestern corner of the North Carolina mountains is a town of about 13,000 people named Hendersonville, home of the late poet Carl Sandburg. It is also the home of the latest Germ Girl of the Month: Maggie King. I spoke […]
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I awoke in the middle of the night, unable to sleep because I’ve had a lot on my mind lately. In truth, I’d been feeling down for the past few days; sometimes life decides to challenge you in ways you’re just not ready to deal with at the moment. After comically making my way through […]
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“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.” – Euripides Of all the loves I have had in my life, none has lasted as long as the love of my friends… Romantic love starts out intense — the white-hot passion that’s so addictive — but it is hard to sustain. After […]
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