BUSINESS The World of Software Engineering In that milieu of constant flux and change of focus, is it possible to be, and remain, a true professional? This discourse examines the question, “What is a true professional?” Many callings claim to fit into the larger term “Professional;” hence the terms, “Legal
An Essay about an Essay about a Book In Manfred Wolf’s book, Almost a Foreign Country, subtitled “A Personal Geography in Columns and Aphorisms,” his chapter “The End of Nostalgia” critiques a non-fiction book by an African American journalist, Keith Richburg, whose previously long-cherished, nostalgic dreams about a return
Military-Industrial Complex
PURITY (c) 2014, 2020 by Vernon Miles Kerr, vernonmileskerr.com (Recite to the sound of a military snare drum, played in march cadence) Down the WORLD of peace. Up the WORLD of war. Give us ALL the blood And all the BRIGHT red gore. Give us ALL the cash, That
Here is a helpful and very much appreciated comment emailed to me by my old friend Manfred Wolf, who was my Critical Writing professor at San Francisco State. Here are his comments: ————————- “Vern’s story ‘The Haole’ is gripping in its intensity and especially effective in showing a boy’
comparative religion
The Question of a God If the God of human tradition exists, then what defines that God? Is it the Torah, the Christian Testament, the Book of Mormon, the writings of Buddha—or any of the others? If only one of those defines God’s instructions to humanity, why would
American Indian
I don’t know if our family is unusual for people on the West Coast, but by Christmas we will have been to Hawaii six times, to China once and to Japan two times, but none of us have ever been to Europe. I think it would be fair to
Criticism
The title of this piece mirrors the newly posted tag-line for the blog. It is an attempt to categorize my “body of work.” Perhaps that is not the right term. “Body” implies a somewhat organized and reasonable gestalt. In reality, my interests, my activities and my writing is a melee
American poet Emily Dickinson
This is the first post of a new blog by Vernon Miles Kerr, writer by avocation even if not fully by vocation. Everything here will be presented on a take-it-or-leave-it basis. If you like it, that makes me happy. If you don’t like it, I’m not surprised. Everyone