GUMPTION
Trump will be president. We can’t change that. Time for the “Serenity Prayer?”
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.
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WITH THE ONE YOU LOVE
Something notable happened this month that merits an early return from my sabbatical.
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.