Not a windmill after all?

Dad was certainly a visionary, and I have inherited that particular gene, or curse, or blessing, depending on your perspective. At times it’s all three. It’s a wonderful thing because visionaries can see a beauty that isn’t yet, and be driven by that beauty, and try to make it real. It’s a horrible thing because there can be few or no others who can see anything similar, and when others pay any attention at all, it’s likely to scoff or worse.

We really must have transparency and accountability

Having been clear, I hope, in presenting my progressive/liberal credentials, I’ll say that for some things there simply is no middle road. Transparency and accountability are among those things.

President Obama has so far signaled, if not outright opposition, at least considerable foot-dragging when it comes to undoing some of what can be undone of Bush’s legacy, and pursuing accountability for Bushies who may have committed crimes.

Bureaucrats and Billboards

I was still living in North Carolina and under the age of majority when one evening at dinner Dad waxed eloquent and enthusiastic after meeting Vermont’s Governor Phil Hoff, and also about what had just happened in Vermont. The event of note was the ban of billboards in Vermont, preserving open scenic views along Vermont’s [...]

And now a few words about the journalists…

So now we have these talking heads who are all rah-rah for the right or the left and who have turned the words “fair” and “balanced” into limping, oozing parodies of themselves. Blog Land often doesn’t show itself to be a lot better, but there are some wonderful, real journalists who pop up from time to time.

Kays Gary Columns Available Here

A couple of weeks ago, when I wrote a post about the PBS program on Sargent Shriver, I made reference to my Dad, the late Charlotte Observer columnist Kays Gary, and went looking online for some of his writing to link to.  I didn’t find much, which was a little bit of a surprise since [...]