In a departure from the normal journalistic pieces I publish on this site, I am posting a short story titled “A Line in the Sand.” Truth comes in many forms—in the words of Michael Petracca, fiction “embodies essential human truths in ways that other kinds of written expression can’t.”
The story—set in the Old West—is told from the perspective of an innocent ironist who tries to believe that, somehow, a man who shows up in town wanting to get rid of the local teacher, over a book, has everyone’s best interest in mind. Few in the town agree.
To read the full story, download the free PDF file.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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The Outlawyer in your story is the Minutemen and others who try to tell educators how to run the schools. At the Board meeting, I heard a Freshwater supporter say, "This is a Christian country; non-Christians can find some other country." That is the attitude that truly threatens our civil liberties.
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