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Marcus Carey’s On the Marc: Call him nutty,
but give him pecans with his salad anytime
I love nuts. But, judging by my rather eclectic choices in comedians, artists and some of my friends, you might get the wrong impression. I’m talking about those little nuggets of food picked from a shell and served in oh …
Robert Treadway: Calvert McCann carried
his camera along on sit-ins and marches
Eighth of a Series Photographer Calvert McCann, the “accidental” historian, is such a personal favorite of my heroes of the Civil Rights movement that I have devoted three columns to his story. Calvert is still living, though in poor …
Gena Bigler: Public service changed me,
and I recommend it for all young people
A commercial changed my life. Late one night in my college dorm, I was alone in the commons room watching television and pretending to study when a commercial for AmeriCorps came on. I was thinking about switching my field of …
Don McNay: Making money in businesses
that are supposed to (and should) be illegal
But happily ever after fails And we’ve been poisoned by these fairy tales – Bruce Hornsby and Don Henley Even though I grew up in a community run by organized crime, the lines between what was legal and what …
Hank Bond: You can go home again, happily,
says this Russell boy who has been places
Sometimes it’s necessary to reflect on all that is around you. That time for me is now. I have been a fortunate man my entire life. The people I have had the great fortune to meet have helped make …
Marcus Carey’s On the Marc: Process
is messy but it’s the American way
In the GOP primary race for the presidential nomination it is beginning to look like the choices are going to be Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum. Gingrich has faded and Ron Paul has never gotten any traction in the general …
Tom Block: Remembering John Glenn’s flight
and wishing he’d thought to get an autograph
I was watching the coverage commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first US orbital fight by John Glenn, and I thought to myself – why don’t I have John Glenn’s autograph? In 1975 and 1976 I was staff director …
Robert Treadway: Lex’s accidental historian
gave only photographic record of movement
Seventh in a series Calvert McCann, the teenage amateur photographer who became Lexington’s accidental historian of the Civil Rights Movement, provided us with beautiful photographs of the marches and sit-ins of the local movement – the only photographic record …
The RP: Harvard alum takes pride in rise
to prominence of Knicks star Jeremy Lin
By Jonathan Miller The Recovering Politician Some random musings on the latest professional sports phenomenon, Jeremy Lin — the Harvard grad and current New York Knicks basketball point guard who came out of seemingly nowhere to light up a sports …
Marcus Carey On the Marc: It’s ‘speed week,’
and this red-blooded NASCAR fan is ready!
Let me try to explain the appeal of NASCAR. I feel compelled to do this during “speed week” which precedes the Daytona 500 this coming Sunday, which is the Super Bowl of stock car racing which precedes the 2012 racing …
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