My wife is more powerful than the mayor of Kansas City.
It's true.
Today, at a meeting in the mayor's office we were working out the protocol for how to deal with press inquiries at night and on weekends, I sheepishly said, "Um, but Allie said she doesn't want me bringing my Blackberry along on dates."
To which Hizzoner leaned forward and declared, "Well, anything Allie says trumps me!"
And he was serious.
Toward the end of the day he called me into his office said, in no uncertain terms, my little family comes first.
Not a bad boss.
A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year
A Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year
One of Kansas City Star's 100 Noteworthy Books of the Year
Winner of the William Rockhill Nelson Award for Nonfiction
Winner of the Harry Chapin Media Award
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Forget the nerdy reputation that debate has. Instead think of a scenario as exciting as a sports game with high stakes like triumphing over racism. bad politics and abject poverty... An important, thoughtful and provocative look at race and class in America.
- The Boston Globe
Joe Miller's enthusiasm is infectious and the plot creates the suspense of a good courtroom thriller.
- Entertainment Weekly
The minute I finished Joe Miller's Cross-X, I held the book out in front of me -- amazed, rapturous, and hopeful... Miller's mesmerizing, vivid accounts of the debates will leave you crouched in your seat, holding your breath... An incredibly powerful, daringly hopeful book.
- Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Irresistible... Miller begins breezily but is soon deeply invested in the Central squad's mission to not only master the debate game on its own terms but revolutionize it with flashes of poetry and hip-hop wordplay... If all these kids could run things, Miller implies, imagine what could get done.
- Elle
2 comments:
Your blog is where I first saw the campaign commercials and where I first thought, hey - this guy could be pretty cool. I would check in here to see how things were going with Funk, and enjoyed many snippets of your life while gaining confidence in the man I finally knew for whom I was voting. Now I look forward to getting more little insights like this into the man that is running our city. Thanks.
Yes, he still means what he says Joseph Miller.
Now, get off your computer and go give your wife 12 reasons she should remain married to you today.
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