by Jeff Maisey | Sep 16, 2015 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham You should be grateful for the weeds you have in your mind because eventually they will enrich your practice. ~ Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. Now that the summer of 2015 has come and gone, I find myself reflecting on the last...
by Jeff Maisey | Aug 26, 2015 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham If a nation expects to be ignorant and free…, it expects what never was and never will be. ~ Thomas Jefferson. Last month in this space, I wrote an essay called “History Lessons.” My inspiration for doing so was the mass of misinformation...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 18, 2015 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery.~ Mississippi’s official declaration of secession, 1861. Some years ago, I wrote a book about the Civil War. I had recently moved to Norfolk, so my publisher arranged some...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 10, 2015 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham So we saunter toward the Holy Land, till one day the sun shall shine…into our minds and hearts, and illuminate our whole lives with a great awakening light. ~ Henry David Thoreau. Some years ago I read a wonderful little book by Bill McKibben,...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 1, 2015 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Recently I sat down to a lovely brunch with someone at 456 Fish, one of my favorite Norfolk restaurants. As I was savoring my first bite of Eggs Benedict, I noticed that my companion hadn’t yet lifted her fork. Instead, she was blessing her...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 12, 2015 | News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham The homophobes are at it again. Recently, so-called Christians in Indiana, Arkansas and elsewhere have been reviving the argument that businesses should not be obligated to serve gays and lesbians because such a requirement violates the business...
