by Tom DeWolf | Jan 18, 2009 | Appearances by Tom, History, Genealogy, Politics
NOTE: I’ve posted photos from Obama’s Baltimore appearance on my Facebook page. For those of you who are my Facebook Friends, you already know how to access them. I’ll add more over the next few days–as I add posts to this blog–from the...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 4, 2009 | Movies, Reviews, Politics
Exactly 24 years and 3 months ago today–October 4, 1984–a partner and I opened Westside Video in Bend, Oregon. It was the beginning of the home video market. Within a year I met Lindi, the woman who would become my wife, bought out my partners, and the...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 1, 2009 | Inheriting the Trade, Politics
Fifty years ago today Fidel Castro declared victory in his rebellion against Fulgencio Baptista-who fled Cuba the day before-and has since survived ten U.S. presidential administrations, assassination attempts, the Bay of Pigs invasion, a missile crisis that brought...
by Tom DeWolf | Dec 18, 2008 | Politics
During the summer of 2005 I received a full scholarship to participate in the Senior Executives in State and Local Government program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. Those three weeks in Cambridge, Massachusetts constitute one of the top...
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 18, 2008 | Politics, Race, Oppression, Privilege
Dr. Maya Angelou inspires millions of people with her poetry and her wisdom. Her poem “Still I Rise” is one I’ve read several times recently. You can watch her perform it here on You Tube. I must admit that The Early Show, with anchor Harry Smith,...
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 12, 2008 | Politics, Race, Oppression, Privilege
In response to my last blog post written the night of the election I received a private query from an individual with whom I’m quite close. I’m fairly certain this individual did not vote for Barack Obama, but I haven’t asked. The question posed to...
