Andy's Blog
The Danger of Changing Our Poetry
Published in The Covington News ~ August 17, 2019. A couple of weeks ago I posted this cartoon by my friend Man Martin on Facebook and Twitter. What struck me was the utter lack of pushback. There was none. I am not expecting the same regarding this column. In this cartoon, Jesus is...
Cartoon Coffin: a Eulogy
Published in The Covington News ~ July 12, 2019. PREFACE If you are a subscriber of this newspaper, you may have noticed that I haven’t posted anything in a while. Yes, gentle reader, I have been — as we say — busy. And yep, this is an actual eulogy, the one I delivered at my sister...
The Importance of “My Bad”
Every honest, thinking person knows that there is a difference between what is simply legal and what is right, what is good and what is that which you can-get-away-with. I remember being in the fourth grade and attending high school basketball games. (Everybody in the whole county was...
Race and “Good Taste”
Not long ago I was offered a gig at The [ Withholding the Large Virginia Town's Name Here ] Arts and Culture Center. After responding with the thank-you-for-inviting-me email, I went to the center's website to see what the place was like. There I encountered the following program description...