BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION —Before sunrise. A major Southern city. It’s your all-American sports bar, a room mostly made of wood and stink.There is...
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Sean of the South | A day at the dog park
OPINION — My truck cab was filled with three barking dogs and one idiot. The dogs were in the backseat. The idiot was behind the wheel. “Sit...
Sean of the South | Providence
OPINION —The old timers in my childhood used a word I never understood. The word was “Providence.” The old timers couldn’t give me an exact...
Sean of the South | The Marriage crisis
OPINION —Marriages are down 60% since the ‘70s. Divorce rates are soaring. And the New York Times reported that more 40-year-olds are choosing to...
Sean of the South | God rest ye merry columnist
BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION —A supermarket checkout line. Cheesy holiday music is playing overhead. Not the fun kind of cheesy music, but the kind once...
Sean of the South | Almost Heaven, Charlie Brown
OPINION — The snow in West Virginia clings to the world like shaving cream, covering every surface, every automotive hood, every interstate...
Sean of the South | How Amazon stole Christmas
OPINION —The story was told to me by a former deliveryman named John.The Christmas season was the busiest time of year for delivery-persons. Drivers...
Sean of the South | Christmas signs
OPINION —Tony James stood holding a cardboard sign on the street corner, caught in the cold drizzle.Damp clothes. Sun-beaten skin. Moving around to...
Sean of the South | A Thanksgiving to remember
OPINION — Wake up early. Still dark outside. It is 30-odd degrees on Lake Martin and I can’t feel my unmentionables. The 1940s cabin is poorly...