by Tom DeWolf | May 10, 2010 | Books, Reviews, Healthy Living
The latest effort to contain the oil spill that has poured millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico encountered a setback 5,000 feet underwater, officials said Saturday, meaning oil will continue gushing into the ocean for at least several more days, and...
by Tom DeWolf | Apr 11, 2010 | Author Stuff, Writing, Books, Reviews, Coming to the Table, History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege
If you are a “white” descendant of someone who enslaved African people, two close friends of mine, Susan Hutchison and David Pettee, would love to hear from you. They are gathering stories that connect us with a part of our national history that has been...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 20, 2010 | Books, Reviews
It reads like a Stephen King novel–fast-paced, thrilling, and frightening. The problem is that this isn’t a novel about a rabid dog. It’s the true story of our world-wide addiction to oil, what it has done and continues to do that makes the world...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 17, 2010 | Books, Reviews, History, Genealogy, Inheriting the Trade
The Pennsylvania Humanities Council and Pennsylvania’s Quest for Freedom have partnered together (along with other PA organizations) to offer Live & Learn Weekends to residents and visitors throughout Pennsylvania. The intention is to increase public...
by Tom DeWolf | Feb 24, 2010 | Books, Reviews, History, Genealogy
You can be part of a video tribute to historian, political activist and author Howard Zinn who recently passed away at age 87. Zinn is most famous for his status quo-challenging opus A People’s History of the United States, which tells the story of this country...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 17, 2010 | Books, Reviews, Coming to the Table, Trauma and Healing
I review books on my blog that are relevant to the issues at the core of my work: social justice, undoing racism, healing from trauma, and so on. I’ll get to today’s book review in a second. First, a little background is in order… Prior to January...
