Men . . . We need to find, again, our proper place in the world
“If I were a girl, I’d despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them.” – Robert Graves Graves was...
I don't want to be the last man standing
"I don't want to be the last man standing . . . . well, on second thought, maybe I do." The ageless Willie Nelson is about to turn 85,...
History, an unsparing look at . . .
Hilary Mantel, author of historical fiction, on what is "historical": As soon as we die, we enter into fiction. Just ask two different...
After a long hiatus . . .
Yeah, I've been AFK on this blog since before the holidays. Those holidays, by the way, were great -- two weeks in Tucson, staying with...
Herbert Hoover got it right . . . .
"The only trouble with capitalism is capitalists. They're too damned greedy." HH hasn't fared too well in the popular memory, and...
Social Justice
This is a homily I delivered at a "first service" at my Methodist Church, earlier this year. With the Republicans finally taking the...
Why I voted (twice!) for Richard Nixon, even though I'm a liberal Democrat
For some reason Richard Nixon comes to mind, my mind at least, periodically. Maybe because the punditry are already talking about who...
Social Principles
. . . of my religious denomination, the United Methodists. Embedded therein, and heretofore immovable, is the issue that divides much of...
I know there must be a distinction, but it's so hard to see!
What to do, what to say when someone you've long admired is cast, indisputably, into the same pit of disgrace as the fools for whom you...
From the Commonplace Book . . . .
A sparsely furnished garret, the Bohemian Quarter, nightfall. Shadows conjoin and separate in the flickering light provided by a candle...
