{"id":2,"date":"2015-03-10T17:24:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T17:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgiawasp.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-03-11T22:31:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T22:31:33","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/georgiawasp.com\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About that “Wasp” name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Harry Golden<\/a>, a\u00a0blogger<\/a>\u00a0\u201cahead of his time<\/a>\u2026<\/em>“<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

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I named this blog as a “take-off on the Carolina Israelite<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

The Israelite<\/em><\/strong> was a pre-Internet blog, of sorts. More a newsletter<\/a><\/em>, it was done up by Harry Golden<\/a> (1902-1981). A noted “journalist, social critic, and humorist,” he published the Israelite<\/a><\/em> from 1944 to 1968. (“[A]lmost exclusively of essays and writings by Golden.”) He wrote of things like “atheism, socialism, literature, and his boyhood experiences.” His writing style reflected a “lifetime of voracious reading, and the Jewish immigrant experience of his boyhood.”<\/p>\n

\"\"And he wrote books, including\u00a0For 2 Cents Plain<\/a>, as seen at right.<\/p>\n

Harry was a prototype of today’s blogger<\/a>. (See Great but Forgotten<\/a>:\u00a0 “If Golden were writing today, The Carolina Israelite would be done as a blog.”)<\/em>\u00a0I hope this blog will be – in part – an homage<\/a><\/em>\u00a0to Harry.<\/p>\n

But first an interesting sidenote<\/a>: Golden lost his job in the Wall Street Crash of 1929<\/a> and was later convicted of wire fraud, “for which he spent five years in prison.” It was only years later – in 1974 – \u00a0that President Richard Nixon<\/a> “pardoned him for his embezzlement rap.” (Carolina Israelite | NCpedia<\/a><\/em>.)<\/p>\n

But we digress…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The masthead<\/a>\u00a0on the first Israelite<\/em> showed a menorah and a Torah. Under it Harry wrote: “To Break Down the Walls of Misunderstanding – And to Build Bridges of Good Will.”<\/p>\n

Not a bad goal at all, especially today.<\/p>\n

As far as the “take-off,” I am a classic 71-year-old “WASP.” (As of July, 2022.) A<\/em>\u00a0balding, slightly paunchy White Anglo-Saxon Protestant<\/a>, living in northern Georgia. But I’d like to think I share some traits with Harry, including but not limited to his unique sense of humor.<\/p>\n

\"OnlyAnd speaking of that sense of humor – and style – here’s one review of Harry’s work. I saw it in the first page on my paperback copy of Golden’s Only in America<\/a><\/em>. (“OIA.”)<\/em>\u00a0That review – from the New York Times<\/em>\u00a0– said Golden “writes what he wants to about anything he wants to.”<\/p>\n

That’s including but not limited to some long-ago history:<\/p>\n

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He tells us things we don’t know, he gives a new look to things we do know, and he makes us think about things\u00a0 that we know but have avoided thinking about.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Again, not a bad set of goals at all.<\/p>\n

\"SamuelIn the Introduction of that\u00a0Permabook<\/a>, Harry described putting\u00a0The Israelite<\/em>\u00a0together each month. He wrote the whole paper himself, including short essays like “How Samuel Johnson<\/a>\u00a0Prepared Oysters.” (Johnson at right.)<\/em>\u00a0He also wrote long –\u00a03,000 word – articles like “Sweet Daddy Grace, the Southern Father Divine.” (See also\u00a0Grace, Charles Manuel \u201cSweet Daddy<\/a>,” who died in 1960.)<\/em><\/p>\n

First off, he set the advertisements. (Something I don’t have to worry about.<\/em>) Then, “I cram my editorials into every other inch of available space.” He had a general rule: “arrange the columns so that a long article is usually followed by two or three short pieces.”<\/p>\n

He found that people were hungry<\/em> <\/strong>for such a “personal touch.”<\/p>\n

He vowed to write a “personal journal,” and put to use his “almost forty-five years of uninterrupted reading.” So again, if Harry wrote today, the\u00a0 “Israelite<\/em> would be done as a blog.”<\/p>\n

Turning to my credentials<\/a><\/em>: I’ve also<\/em><\/strong> done a lot of uninterrupted reading. And gone to school, a lot<\/strong><\/em>. Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications in 1976, and eight years later the Juris Doctorate<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>– after three years of law school – that led to the state bar exam<\/a>. 12 years after starting law practice (in 1985)<\/em>, I went back to school and got a Master\u2019s Degree in Journalism.<\/p>\n

\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-XZJhPXe2I7M\/TLqFa9FQUfI\/AAAAAAAAABk\/brh__nKDJik\/s1600\/ducksign.jpg\"Another sidenote<\/a>: As to that latter degree, see also the notes at the end of\u00a0\u201cHolier than thou<\/a>,” from a companion blog. It said one of my self-appointed tasks – as a reporter – is \u201cchallenge the prevailing quacks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anyway, not long after I started taking courses for that Master’s degree, I also started a four-year Education for Ministry<\/a> course. I completed it and eventually got credentialed<\/em> as a Mentor. That in turn led – in the fullness of time – to my first blog, DOR Scribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The upshot? While I enjoy that other blog, it doesn’t give me the range to explore secular<\/em><\/strong> topics. This<\/em> <\/strong>blog will include a number of\u00a0Travelogs<\/a>, not to mention posts on Politics and Nostalgia.<\/p>\n

Then there are Movie reviews<\/a>. Those reviews – when they happen – are a throwback<\/a> to my time at the University of South Florida, in 1976. I reviewed movies for the student newspaper, The Oracle<\/a>. \u00a0(Before it got all famous and well-known<\/em>.) I liked films enough to make that my minor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Finally, I’ll review “good experience.” Like the eight-day, primitive-camp canoe trip my brother and I took in November 2014. See Canoeing 12 miles offshore<\/a>, paddling way<\/em> out into the Gulf of Mexico and ending up in Biloxi. After camping on some islands out there – and an occasional salt marsh<\/a> or two.Or see October 2019’s \u201cGreetings from the Portuguese Camino<\/a>!”\u00a0Or Travelogs<\/a>, including Back to Camino 2021 \u2013 Pamplona to Logrono<\/a>, from December 2021.<\/p>\n

There’s lots more to write – in the style of Harry – so keep posted. And who knows, maybe I too can end up being a “voice of sanity amid the braying of jackals…”<\/p>\n

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From\u00a0Canoeing 12 miles offshore<\/a>, at dawn, heading to\u00a0Cat Island<\/a>…<\/em><\/p>\n

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The upper image is courtesy of Harry Golden The Carolina Israelite\u00a0– Image Results<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The “Two Cents Plain” image is courtesy of<\/em>\u00a0Harry Golden – Wikipedia<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Re: Schooling. I got a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications in 1976, then worked for the old St. Petersburg Times<\/strong> as a paste-up artist for five years. Then went to law school. I was a public defender for 24 years, and retired early, “due to circumstances beyond my control<\/a>.”\u00a0 During that 24 years – beginning in 1999 – I went back and got my Master’s degree in Journalism.<\/em><\/p>\n

Re: Movie reviews. One example of my reviewing a really old movie was “<\/em>Joseph Welch, dead at only 69? OMG<\/em>!<\/a>!” It reviewed the 1959 movie, Anatomy of a Murder<\/a>, starring\u00a0Jimmy Stewart<\/a>. I’d seen it dozens of times. (Welch played the judge in a murder trial Stewart defended.)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"ProductI still I have a textbook from my time as film-minor student-reviewer. A Primer for Film Making: A Complete Guide to 16 mm and 35 mm Film Production<\/a> (1971), it still contains relevant information.<\/em> Primer for Film Making<\/a>\u00a0is available from Amazon<\/a>\u00a0for as low as $1.76, plus shipping and handling. It’s a self-styled “basic, step-by-step guide to the art and craft of contemporary film-making.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Also re: “blogger.” See Urban Dictionary<\/a>: “Term used to describe anyone with enough time or narcissism to document every tedious bit of minutia filling their uneventful lives.” Or y<\/em>ou might be interested in \u201c20 Reasons Why You Should Blog<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

I took the photo that’s the lower-image. And am not too happy about “Photobucket” horning in…<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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