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January 2015

January 10, 2015
Because then I have to pick my son up from German School.Here's the reality:Let's take...
January 10, 2015
So this weekend's project is to write about a book I've been reading and to...
January 09, 2015
This comes from Thrillist, via HuffPo, via facebook, a list of the most iconic restaurants...
January 08, 2015
This, of course, is the headline for those of us looking for a diversion from...
January 08, 2015
I'm writing this completely unsourced today, more to invite conversation than anything else.  Ideally, later...
January 07, 2015
Look, I'm just spitballing here, as they say, and have utterly failed to keep up...
January 07, 2015
Me, not so much.Now, thankfully, we don't live in an area where they close schools...
January 06, 2015
In which he reportedly said,The corpus of texts and ideas that we have made sacred...
January 06, 2015
In today's news: During two public forums next week, the Chicago Park District will propose...
January 06, 2015
(At work early finishing up a "due first thing in the morning" project = quick...
January 04, 2015
(originally written 1/4) Funny how your mind wanders during church . . . Our new...
January 04, 2015
From the NYT, courtesy a facebook-friend share, "No Rich Child Left Behind."If scientists discovered a...
January 03, 2015
Here's a WSJ article about Europe's empty churches, and the efforts to repurpose them, and...
January 03, 2015
So, look, I'm reinventing the wheel, and maybe even suggesting utter nonsense in light of...
January 02, 2015
Just a quick comment:Lots of reports that Saudi Arabia is choosing not to cut production,...
January 02, 2015
Lego Education set 9686, Simple and Motorized Mechanisms, is a huge hit around here.  If...
January 02, 2015
That's the gist of a Jimmy Carter op-ed piece, apparently originally published in the Washington...
January 01, 2015
This is something I originally put on twitter as an image, nothing else:  a questionnaire...
January 01, 2015
Or do you eschew making resolutions?I do think it's useful to have some external marker...

December 2014

December 31, 2014
Here's a report from CNN today:  "A transgender teen's suicide, a mother's anguish."  The story:...
December 30, 2014
(Following up on my earlier post on "hyphenism.")You know, I have mixed feelings about Bobby...
December 29, 2014
From Chicago magazine, a feature article on the declining membership in the Catholic Church in...
December 28, 2014
Remember when Zeke Emanuel said he didn't want to live past age 75?  It was...
December 28, 2014
This line of thinking started when a friend commented on facebook about her own friend's...
December 26, 2014
We have a few plans, but I thought I'd solicit suggestions from readers.  What are...
December 25, 2014
I just spent way, way too much time wrapping presents -- which is partly an...
December 23, 2014
not for elementary-age children, and certainly not for adults. I griped about the Elf on...
December 21, 2014
You've likely read this article, or any of the multiple similar ones, articles promoting increased...
December 20, 2014
Here's an excerpt from an article in City Journal on the situation in Cuba:Even employees inside...
December 20, 2014
Yes, so it's a bit presumptuous of me to announce this, but it's something I've...
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