Blog name: Southern Perlo Location: Charleston, SC About me: Walter Rhett graduated from Ohio State University and writes from Charleston, SC. He is a Johns Hopkins University Fellow and a scholarship winner to the Hopkins Summer Writing Institute. He has consulted for Japanese Educational Television and founded a civil war re-enactment unit, the 33rd USCT SC V. Walter posts Southern Perlo in 6 states and, of course, at onMilwaukee.com. A keen observer, Walter enjoys and actively listens to his national audience of readers. E-mail: walterrhett@yahoo.com Rating statistics Average rating of my blogs: 3.7 Average rating of my Talkbacks: 5.0 Average rating I've given others: 4.7 |
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| Politics - Oct. 15, 2009 | |
| Strands of Frogs' Eggs: Nobel Voices from GA, MS, NC, DC, Iran and Kenya | |
| Playing among the arrowroot leaves I tried in vain to pick up the strands of frogs' eggs, believing they were beads. --Wagari Muta Maathi, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner The Nobel Prizes have a long history, having been awarded for more than a century, starting in 1901. The Nobel Foundation ... | |
| Politics - Oct. 10, 2009 | |
| Death Row | |
| Capital Crimes and Punishment Last month (September), the State of Ohio failed to execute an innate who spent 25 years on death row for the murder and rape of a 14 year old girl. The state's failure was not due to any legal action, new... | |
| Politics - Sept. 14, 2009 | |
| Pants on fire! | |
| Think carefully for a minute: those who call others liars are usually deceivers themselves. Do you think I am talking about the recent flap with SCCongress member, Joe Wilson? My fault, I forgot to say who or what was the object or cause of my opening aphorism--and t... | |
| Politics - Aug. 27, 2009 | |
| A Memory of the Kennedy Journey | |
| The one time I was in the room with Edward Kennedy was almost 26 years ago, for an afternoon announcement of the Senate's passage of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday bill. Senator Kennedy, and others, including Coretta Scott King, stood to the right of the podium, as Bob Dole, the... | |
| Politics - Aug. 26, 2009 | |
| The Invisible Health Care System | |
| Health Care Reform is confusing and scary. Will the proposed changes make costs go up or come down? How will the quality of service be effected? Will treatment improve or get worse? And who will make the decisions that determine how cases and patients are handled? An unknown bureaucrat in Washing... | |
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| Blog - Feb. 19, 2009 | |
| An Open Conversation with Eric Holder | |
| I am a guest on Lou Dobbs radio show today, 4:35 Eastern. His booker read the... | |
| Blog - Feb. 13, 2009 | |
| Living in a Restaurant World Lends itself to Expensive Tastes. | |
| You have touched on a national issue! Servers are more likely to develop prob... | |
| Article - Feb. 13, 2009 | |
| Sound-off: Is it OK to drink alcohol when pregnant? | |
| It's deinteresting discussion that invites many points. Restraint is good, mo... | |
| Article - Feb. 13, 2009 | |
| Shocking fundraiser draws fire from the ACLU | |
| My younger brother was a police officer in Columbus, Ohio, so I have a point ... | |
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