INSIDE WORK
I’m on deck for another colonoscopy. Thanks, Dad.
THE WEANING OF JIMMY CARTER
Jimmy Carter was a Baptist. I once was, too. So I know something about him you might not.
SHIP OF FOOLS
Don’t read Plato’s Republic. It will scared the bejesus out of you.
KEEP HOPE ALIVE
All I want for Christmas is peace on earth. And if that’s too much to ask, I’ll settle for peace in the Middle East.
A WORLD OF GRACE
I stumbled on Shepherdstown 50 years ago this week.
CREATIONISM VERSUS EVOLUTION
Creationists wield the biblical story of creation to oppose the exclusive teaching of evolution in American public schools.
BOOK-SIGNING DAY
Many of you will be at my book launch this afternoon. Most won’t. Many of you live a long ways from Shepherdstown
A SEA OF RESENTMENT
Some of you “corrected” me for what I said in last Sunday’s post. It wasn’t for my praise of education.
EDUCATION MATTERS
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States. There has always been.
US AND THEM
We are many. They are more. I don’t like them. They laugh. We mourn.
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SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER
I reached a personal milestone yesterday. Alas, there were no fireworks and no parades.
O JOGO BONITO
Soccer is a beautiful game, my sons told me years ago. I couldn’t see what they saw, but I’m beginning to.
BEYOND REASON
I'm a soccer fan but not a fanatic. Alas, the game releases the inner barbarian.
BORN ON THE 5TH OF JULY
Today is my birthday. I was born in 1947. Let's hear if for the boomers!