by Tom DeWolf | Feb 9, 2012 | Author Stuff, Writing
Five years ago today two incredible events converged that changed my life forever. It had been a very sad week as two close friends of mine had passed away; one quite unexpectedly. This day, February 9, was one filled with joy. Our daughter Jolie went into labor early...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 15, 2012 | History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on this day, January 15, in 1929. To commemorate the occasion I read his Letter from Birmingham Jail that was written in response to a published statement by eight Alabama clergymen in which they claimed his actions...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 12, 2012 | Author Stuff, Writing
Friends! I need your help! I’m beginning the process of designing a new website that will become my primary personal web presence. On that page I’ll include links to the various other sites where I post content (this blog, Inheriting the Trade, Gather at...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 10, 2012 | Movies, Reviews
George Lucas, producer director of some of the most profitable films in Hollywood history (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, etc), has been working on Red Tails, an action-packed, special effects-laden World War II movie for 23 years. He paid for it himself. He figured a...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 6, 2012 | Author Stuff, Writing
I’m not prone to airing public complaints as I’m about to do in this column. Many of my friends jokingly (I hope) refer to me as “Mr. Kumbaya” for my upbeat and optimistic outlook on life. Now in one small, but important aspect of my business...
by Tom DeWolf | Dec 24, 2011 | Movies, Reviews
It’s a Wonderful Life. Really? Is it? There is so much evidence to the contrary. When the Tower Theater reopened in early 2004 I made sure that one of our Grand Opening presentations was a screening of the 1946 Frank Capra classic It’s a Wonderful Life,...
by Tom DeWolf | Dec 6, 2011 | Books, Reviews, Movies, Reviews
The movie of the best-selling novel The Help is now available for home viewing on video. (Spoiler alert! Key plot points are divulged through the web links in this post.) For anyone who missed it in the theater, I highly recommend you watch The Help. When the book...
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 28, 2011 | Books, Reviews, Race, Oppression, Privilege
To understand one significant aspect of the legacy of slavery and its profound impact today, one needs to look no further than the “criminal justice” system in the United States. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Slavery by Another Name, Douglas A....
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 7, 2011 | Books, Reviews, Healthy Living, Politics
Inequality — literally — is killing us. In my post The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling! a few months back I expressed my frustration with the inability of those in positions of power in Washington, D.C. to compromise on our national debt, the deficit,...
by Tom DeWolf | Oct 15, 2011 | Gather at the Table, Peacebuilding
When the Nobel committee in Norway announced that this year’s Peace Prize was being awarded to three women, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, African peace activist Leymah Gbowee, and pro-democracy campaigner Tawakul Karman of Yemen, I was thrilled. Only...
