Sunday, September 18, 2005

My newspaper column is about the Truth and Reconciliation hearings, the progress and promise they have shown, and the hope that actual reconciliation can come out of the process. For those who have ignored the process, including the six white members of the City Council who voted to oppose it before it even started, well, it's happening without you. Maybe the Truth & Reconciliation panel will blow it, maybe the final report will be a propaganda piece instead of a people's history, and your fears will be validated. But if the report turns out to be as interesting and powerful as the public testimony has been, you will look timid and clueless and deserve the scorn you get for missing this chance at knitting together your community...   ...what if, despite the fears and reservations, this process ends up with a history that is worth reading? What if this really is a chance for reconciliation, and we miss it?    Read the whole thing. 8:43:34 AM   permalink   comment []

JR writes about the Converge conferences in his Sunday column. 8:25:13 AM   permalink   comment []

Lenslinger feeds his hurricane jones by covering Ophelia: "Like a junkie who knows he ain't living right, I could barely look at myself in the rearview mirror of my news unit Tuesday as I made one more mad dash into dirty weather...I spent the last few miles to Carolina Beach squirming in my seat with adrenaline and regret." 8:19:27 AM   permalink   comment []

N&R picks up the Buzz Off story...nice job by Taft Wireback turning it around in a hurry. Previously. 8:15:39 AM   permalink   comment []