One hundred years ago this spring, journalist and poet Don Marquis created Archy the cockroach and Mehitabel the alley cat to fill space in a newspaper column. Over the next twenty years, Archy and Mehitabel provided America with clear-eyed yet charitable observations about the world and the human predicament. Two years ago this summer, I brought them back to help 21st century Americans deal with the troubled times in which we find ourselves. So what’s the news from Shinbone Alley this week?
Presenter Biography
Wallace R. Hoggatt, a member of this congregation since 2008, lives in Sierra Vista with his family. He has been a Superior Court judge for the past twenty years.