history, Politics

Moving on

On the road from Birmingham to the beach there’s a town called Lockhart a mile or so north of the Florida state line. In the early 1900s, it was home to a rich pine forest and what was then the biggest lumber mill in the country. Today the only thing a visitor might notice is… Continue reading Moving on

Family, history, life, Politics

Their past, our present

When a movie star lies about his past to protect his image, it's usually a non-story. In fact, in Hollywood, it's probably considered PR 101. But Ben Affleck went way over the line when he persuaded the PBS genealogy program “Finding Your Roots” not to mention an ancestor who owned slaves. As a result, PBS… Continue reading Their past, our present