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Job, the guy from the Old Testament, stopped by the house the other day for a visit. He looked good for somebody pushing 2,500-years-old. We had a nice chat. I wish I’d turned on the tape recorder in time, but I didn’t think about that quickly enough. However, I’m pretty sure I can recall the […]
Read MoreTexas has never been widely known as a hotbed of progressive thought. This, despite the fact that great thinkers like Barbara Jordan and Molly Ivins came from here. Ann Richards too. This, despite the fact that issues near and dear to the progressive-heart were finally nationally adjudicated in cases that originated here (Roe v. Wade….Lawrence […]
Read MoreSometimes there is no joy in vindication. Sometimes, the stakes are just too high and –even though history proves you right– there’s no joy when you finally get confirmation that you were justified in some strongly held opinion all along. The Iraq War is like that for me. As someone who, from the very beginning, […]
Read MoreIn the context of early 2008 –with the “Surge” apparently reducing violence in Iraq, with the US Economy in the tank, and with everybody fixated on the presidential primaries as a way to take our minds off the past seven years –it may well be that nobody wants to hear any additional analysis of the […]
Read MoreColumbus Discovery: An artist, musician, writer, cultural figure I stumble on as if I’m the first person to ever know about them. Like Columbus, I’m usually thrilled to have “discovered” this new and creative talent. Like Columbus, I usually later realize that many of these people have been known for years –thank you very much– […]
Read More“Put on my blue suede shoes And I boarded the plane Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues In the middle of the pouring rain” Got the chance to go to Memphis a while back, and I’ve been wanting to blog about it since. I’d been through Memphis many times, on the way […]
Read MoreI was born in California. In the LA area. But I don’t remember much about it, since my folks moved back to Texas (where they were really from anyway) just a few months later. A few years after that, they moved back to LA for several additional months, and I have vague recollections of Disneyland […]
Read MoreWelcome to “When EF Talks!” Eric Folkerth’s blog on music, spirituality, politics and life. I tend to write on all four of these things, and often the intersections between them. If you want to know more about me, this is probably the best quick and dirty source. Because the various core topics of the blog […]
Read MoreDennise skipped church (don’t tell…) to get down there early, and meet the other elected Latino/a officials who would be marching at the head of the parade. I’m proud to tell you that she was able to help lead the march, locked arm in arm on the front row, alongside our very good friend, Rafael […]
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Camp Casey is now winding down, and in a few days it will all be packed up for good. The last weekend was certainly a big one. I actually ended up going down twice: Friday and Saturday. On Friday, I went down with Bill McElvaney, one of the emeritus pastors of our church. He’d been […]
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