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January 27, 2016

The Dove Channel and Purity

The Dove Channel aims for purity, but fails at beauty. Purity is a lovely thing despite the...

January 26, 2016

Preservation Hall: A Good Thing in America

I am already tired of politics and nobody has voted yet. Democrat and Republican: my...

January 25, 2016

Thank You Andy Jackson, But You Should Not Have Been President

If only Andrew Jackson had never been President, he would have remained an American hero....

January 24, 2016

LinLin the Dog: When Love Goes Awry

Walking down the hallway of a hotel, I saw a terrifying sight: a painting of...

January 23, 2016

How to Spot Online Educational McCollege

Much online education is the equivalent of a restaurant that serves food that may not...

January 22, 2016

The Way of the Grifter: What Hillary Clinton can Teach Us

The Clintons are amazing. They have somehow grown very, very rich through public service. Other...

January 21, 2016

Tyranny Demands Mediocrity

Mao recognized that the Chinese Communist Party was making huge blunders because it was closed...

January 20, 2016

Evidence is Extraordinary

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. This is a true as far as it goes, except...

January 19, 2016

Kingdom of God, Republic of Earth: Three Key Ideas

I am a citizen of this Republic and love her for her many virtues. She...

January 18, 2016

Religion and Science Need Each Other

Natural science has done good things for humankind. My ability to work while on a...

January 17, 2016

1988 is Finally Over: 2016 Ought to Be the Next Great Election

1988 was the year we affirmed the Reagan Revolution by electing, against most odds, his...

January 16, 2016

Vision with Integrity: What We Need in Education

I have known leaders with vision, but without integrity. This is Gary Hart: a man...

January 15, 2016

Proud to Have Learned Some New York Values

At heart, though I was born in Illinois, and spent only seven years there, I...

January 14, 2016

GOP Debate: Live Blog of The Beginning of the End

This debate marks the beginning of the end for most candidates on tonight's stage. Voting...

January 13, 2016

All the Truth is Out There: A Lesson for Voters

Take one sentence in a long book: "His failed presidency had given way to Reagan, who relied...

January 12, 2016

Reason is Not Skepticism.

Sometimes atheists and agnostics who are non-academics* call themselves skeptics, but they really should not. They...

January 11, 2016

Bing and Bowie: the Old Order Changes

David Bowie is dead. Many (all?) of my students will have to be told who David...

January 10, 2016

Leadership 101: Three Tips for Finding Leaders

I have gotten to work with some great leaders such as Presidents Clyde Cook...

January 09, 2016

Love and Loyalty: Intense Romance

Today I saw the marriage between two people who know the meaning of community: loving...

January 08, 2016

My Experience of God

What should we say or do when we are pressed for reasons to believe? Orthodox...

January 07, 2016

Falling in Love with Normal Time

It isn't Christmas anymore. The New Year is old enough that I have had to...

January 06, 2016

Meaningful Work: An Issue for Our Time

There was a science fiction short story, I cannot recall the name, which predicted in...

January 05, 2016

Last Sleep of Christmas

If music be the food of love . . . play on. So Shakespeare, the...

January 04, 2016

Wise men not Wise guys . . .

Sarcasm kills. That doesn't mean a person should never be sarcastic, just that he should be...

January 03, 2016

Christmas, Never Changing, Always New

We have ornaments from our childhoods and ornaments from the childhoods of each of our...

January 02, 2016

Christmas can be Creative!

Farmers always had to work, so few people have ever gotten "work free" holy days....

January 01, 2016

Christmas and the Secular New Year: 2015 was a Bad Year, 2016 will be Better

2015 cannot end fast enough. The old order declined all over the world. Life can be...

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