PC Word Police: Don’t Be So Stingy!
A few years back, I was bored enough to chime in on a forum discussion of “political correctness” and its stifling effect on the technical writing p...
Author: Tom Campbell
Very, Very Simple
I had the pleasure of seeing Carla Bley and Steve Swallow play live a number of years ago at Emory University’s Cannon Chapel. Here they are doing her cla...
A Trip to Mannenberg
The wonderful South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim tells about the origin of his beautiful, meditative composition “Mannenberg” in the BBC vi...
Happy Armistice Day, Happy Birthday Kurt
I always think of November 11th first as Kurt Vonnegut’s birthday (born 91 years ago today, may he rest in peace), and second as Armistice Day — the...
Big Sur Sunrise
On a recent trip to California, I was lucky enough to be at this spot as the sun rose over the southern Big Sur coast.