http://travislafrance.com/blog/ en-us 2005-03-10T13:12:07-05:00 http://travislafrance.com/blog/archives/000059.html Sunday, March 13, our nation's radio waves will transmit more boldly than before. I will be interviewed by Wisconsin Public Radio for the show "To The Best of Our Knowledge," discussing my masterwork, Toro. The segment will last about 15... General Wisdom Travis LaFrance 2005-03-10T13:12:07-05:00 http://travislafrance.com/blog/archives/000058.html If they give me no justice, I shall give them no poem.... General Wisdom Travis LaFrance 2005-01-11T01:00:06-05:00 http://travislafrance.com/blog/archives/000057.html Just how much influence can an orator and freedom-fighter such as myself have on our electoral process? Let's look at the numbers. In Philadelphia's 60th Ward, where I spread the word, the final tally was: Kerry 7,719 (96%) Bush 293... The Politcal Season Travis LaFrance 2004-11-06T11:34:21-05:00 http://travislafrance.com/blog/archives/000056.html It would be silly to presume that the denizens of the 60th ward, 5th precinct of West Philly had never seen a white person. But it's quite likely that they had never had one come knock on their door at... The Politcal Season Travis LaFrance 2004-11-06T10:15:51-05:00 http://travislafrance.com/blog/archives/000055.html Election day began well before dawn, leaping from my cot at the youth hostel in Philadelphia. My assignment was to a church in West Philly, and I'd been told to bring my car in order to drive voters to the... The Politcal Season Travis LaFrance 2004-11-06T09:56:48-05:00 http://travislafrance.com/blog/archives/000054.html Then: Hemingway, Knut Hamsun, Travis LaFrance Now: Solzhenitsyn, Frederick Douglass, Travis LaFrance A cold wind portends the onset of the long winter of my dissent.... The Politcal Season Travis LaFrance 2004-11-03T11:49:10-05:00 http://travislafrance.com/blog/archives/000053.html "It's the Betsy Ross Bridge," I declared, passing the border from New Jersey into Pennsylvania. "We're following the footsteps of our founding fathers. And do you know which river we're crossing?" Miss S. glanced down at the map, and I... The Politcal Season Travis LaFrance 2004-11-01T23:18:21-05:00 http://travislafrance.com/blog/archives/000052.html I departed Brooklyn this morning to hit the Philadelphia pavement and get out the vote. Needless to say I had a lovely companion in tow, a certain Miss S, a sun-freckled Rocky Mountain flower on her first visit to the... The Politcal Season Travis LaFrance 2004-11-01T18:52:46-05:00 http://travislafrance.com/blog/archives/000051.html I was in Boston with the Democrats. I was in New York with the Republicans. As the election season whirls feverishly toward its crescendo, it's only fitting that I place myself in the very cradle of American democracy, birthplace of... The Politcal Season Travis LaFrance 2004-10-31T20:39:16-05:00 http://travislafrance.com/blog/archives/000050.html A very lucky Mary in an unnamed eastern state is the proud owner of Travis LaFrance's historic ballot chads, purchased on eBay at what today may seem a staggering price, but which historians will term a pittance. Congratulations to a... The Politcal Season Travis LaFrance 2004-10-31T20:31:09-05:00 http://travislafrance.com/blog/archives/000049.html As any patriot should, I signed up this week at ACT to get on the phone and call voters in Ohio, imploring them to get out and do their patriotic duty next Tuesday. I reported to a drab office space... The Politcal Season Travis LaFrance 2004-10-27T12:10:39-05:00 http://travislafrance.com/blog/archives/000048.html Since my announcement yesterday of the historical sale, at auction, of my authentic absentee ballot chads, bidding has been spirited. You can follow the excitement from your own console by checking the eBay Bid history page. Teenagesxsymbol opened with the... The Politcal Season Travis LaFrance 2004-10-19T12:02:14-05:00 http://travislafrance.com/blog/archives/000047.html Just as Jack London had his Wolf House and Hemingway his Finca Vigia, so does Travis LaFrance maintain a humble manor in the hinterland, a rough-hewn reservoir of genius at which I fill my canteen between urban sabbaticals and jaunts... The Politcal Season Travis LaFrance 2004-10-17T18:32:06-05:00 http://travislafrance.com/blog/archives/000046.html You've wondered where I was all week. Once again one of our leading magazines has shipped me off into some heart of danger and adventure--where the meek don't dare and the cell phones don't ring. My contract forbids me to... General Wisdom Travis LaFrance 2004-10-10T13:53:19-05:00 http://travislafrance.com/blog/archives/000045.html Perhaps what distinguishes me best from my generation—those toady show-offs whose high-minded noodling delights the literati but falls flat in the heartland—is that I write for, by, and about the Common Man. My prose pulses with the blood of the... The Politcal Season Travis LaFrance 2004-10-04T09:49:00-05:00