Meet Roxanne Walker…The South Carolina Broadcasters Association named Roxanne Radio Personality of the Year in 2002. She has been honored for her political opinion commentary by the Greenville Chapter of Women in Communications.
Roxanne resides in Taylors, SC with her husband Alan and the best dog in the world Allie.
Entries by Roxanne Walker (356)
Truth, Beauty and Censorship
I want to thank Ken Wingate for prompting me to re-read a great book, "Truth and Beauty" by Ann Patchett. Mr. Wingate was the guy who set off a firestorm of controversy recently by trying to persuade/force Clemson University to remove "Truth and Beauty" from the mandatory freshman reading list. It seems Mr. Wingate was offended by Ms. Patchett's frank depictions of drug use and sex in the book about her close friendship with the late author Lucy Grealy. Wingate's protest went nowhere when the Clemson faculty stood by the book but they did agree to allow freshmen who objected to reading the book to write an essay detailing their objections.
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Torturing the Innocent
The next governor of Texas, author and musician Kinky Friedman said recently that he wasn't against the death penalty; he was against executing the wrong man. That's exactly the way I feel about torture. I'm not against torturing vicious terrorists who have plotted and or killed innocent people; I am against torturing innocent people.
Republicans Demonstrate Stupidity Daily
I'm convinced that die-hard supporters of President Bush and the Iraq war are disconnected from reality. It's been written that perhaps the GOP party faithful live in a parallel universe where white is black and black is white. I guess it makes sense since Bush's brain- Karl Rove's most successful political strategy is to directly attack a challenger's strength, which seems suicidal but when executed correctly like the attacks on Senator Kerry's conduct and record of service in Vietnam are brilliantly successful.