HEART AND SOUL

It's a good thing to nourish your soul on a regular basis, whether hearing a great speaker or reading a good book.

Next week I will be attending the NAACP’s 99th Annual Convention in Cincinnati, OH. Chairman Julian Bond always delivers a thought-provoking address. Both presidential candidates are scheduled to speak. I will keep friends and colleagues apprised of what is feeding my soul with the nation’s oldest civil rights organization.

As Edmund Wilson said, “No two people ever read the same book.” Debate alone about good books is enriching. Results of a Netscape opinion poll, which AOL called “The Ten Books To Read Before You Die,” was rather disappointing. Among them were “Harry Potter,” “Lord of the Rings,” The Stand” by Stephen King, and two Dan Brown novels. I’ve read these books and enjoyed them, but has any one of them won a Pulitzer? Let me know what is on your summer reading list.