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October 2015

October 14, 2015
As predictable as the change of seasons is the point in any given semester when...
October 10, 2015
Tomorrow is "Blessing of the Animals" Sunday. Two years ago I had the privilege of giving...
October 07, 2015
As I'm reviewing various posts for a current large writing project, I came across a...
October 02, 2015
The recently concluded visit of Pope Francis to the United States has put me in...

September 2015

September 28, 2015
As he shepherded Bill Clinton’s successful run for the Presidency in the early 90s, James...
September 25, 2015
As Jeanne headed into Dunkin’ Donuts to purchase her customary large decaf French Vanilla with eight...
September 23, 2015
I learned something interesting about giraffes from one of my colleagues the other day. He...
September 21, 2015
He wants to be a modern pope. All he needs is dreadlocks and a dog...
September 18, 2015
Marriage experts (if there are such things) often suggest that all married couples, even those...
September 16, 2015
Once upon a time two explorers came upon a clearing in the jungle. In the...
September 09, 2015
Not long ago I led a seminar with a number of colleagues from the Honors...
September 07, 2015
A conversation heard behind the scenes: Dude! Did you see what just happened?? How could...
September 04, 2015
Following my bike ride the other day, as I frequently do I posted some pictures...
September 02, 2015
Numerous polls report that as of today, Donald Trump is the preferred candidate of conservative...

August 2015

August 31, 2015
People tend to think of not knowing as something to be wiped out or overcome,...
August 21, 2015
A few bumper stickers on the car in front of me at a stop light....
August 17, 2015
One of the required performances for a professor returning from sabbatical is a public talk...
August 14, 2015
I have been on sabbatical officially for a bit over a month—in many ways, it...
August 10, 2015
The morning after the recent Fox News-hosted debate amongst candidates for the Republican presidential nomination,...

July 2015

July 30, 2015
Monday morning--early. The 30th Street Amtrak station in Philadelphia is not the sort of place...
July 20, 2015
I briefly and inadvertently got involved with a troll on Facebook the other day. Well,...
July 10, 2015
Man is in his actions and practices, as well as in his fictions, essentially a...
July 08, 2015
The story is told of a little girl who was afraid of the dark. After...
July 06, 2015
God is in favor of same sex marriage because God placed a rainbow in the...
July 01, 2015
A recent edition of Harper’s Magazine includes a fascinating essay by physicist and novelist Alan Lightman entitled...

June 2015

June 26, 2015
A beautiful day in Toronto in front of me—what to do? Jeanne was tied up...
June 24, 2015
Not long ago I received the following email out of the blue: “My name is ___ and...
June 22, 2015
My novel of the week is Rebecca Goldstein’s The Mind-Body Problem. I first encountered Goldstein...
June 19, 2015
As a youth growing up in northeastern Vermont, a trip to Canada was pretty much...
June 17, 2015
I sat down in my usual aisle seat on one of my infrequent airplane flights...
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