Ashley HamiltonOur Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred HonorToday we celebrate those unalienable rights of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.Jul 4, 2016Jul 4, 2016
Ashley HamiltonWith Malice toward None, with Charity for AllIf you want to know the value of perseverance — nay, the necessity of resolution in the midst of personal strife and professional upheaval…Jun 17, 2016Jun 17, 2016
Ashley HamiltonThe Passing of Prince: A Story About ControlPardon my absence from Medium because, in the rush to write and post about everything of importance to me, I sometimes like to pause.May 10, 2016May 10, 2016
Ashley HamiltonAn Outlaw and a Redeemer: A Tribute to Merle HaggardThe image of Merle Haggard’s face is like the creases and ridges of a parched California — in life, as in eternal memory, there is a…Apr 12, 2016Apr 12, 2016
Ashley HamiltonThe Face Is the Mirror of the Mind, and Eyes Without Speaking Confess the Secrets of the HeartTo paraphrase Ronald Reagan, and to avoid (for purposes of distraction and needless confrontation) any discussion of politics, the former…Apr 4, 2016Apr 4, 2016
Ashley HamiltonThere Is Some Good in the Worst of Us and Some Evel (Knievel) in the Best of UsThere are two featured performers of Evel Knievel, the 1971 film about the eponymous daredevil, stuntman and real-life action figure, with…Mar 31, 20161Mar 31, 20161
Ashley HamiltonNashville Nights, Hollywood Endings: A Man and His MotorcycleWhen I ride my 2004 Triumph Bonneville, with its saddle brown seat and ten horizontal seams (including an eleventh leather strap), when I…Mar 29, 2016Mar 29, 2016
Ashley HamiltonTo Redeem Us, to Purify Us: To Rescue Us from the Domain of DarknessYou do not have to be religious to cherish the Bible, to revere its stories and respect its parables, to draw meaning from its psalms and…Mar 27, 2016Mar 27, 2016
Ashley HamiltonIn Memoriam: Garry ShandlingThere are few places as lonely — and intimidating — as an empty stage.Mar 25, 2016Mar 25, 2016
Ashley HamiltonYou Can’t Try to Do Things. You Simply Must Do Things.The creative process is many things, an exhilarating and exhausting experience — a series of sustained bursts of writing, singing…Mar 24, 2016Mar 24, 2016