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September 2012

September 17, 2012

On Sam and Dean

Slowly, I am catching up with "Supernatural." This is a show that at best reminds...

September 11, 2012

Forgetting 9/11

Once I said to an old man next to me: "Today is Pearl Harbor Day."...

September 07, 2012

The Smell of Coffee

I realized today I like the smell of coffee, better than the taste of coffee....

September 06, 2012

Five Nice Things About President Obama

My family has a suspicion: there are very few people so wicked one cannot think...

August 2012

August 29, 2012

Corporate Wife

Juan Williams said Ann Romney looked like a "corporate wife." Evidently this is a person...

August 28, 2012

FIve Things to Watch at the GOP Convention

My Dad remembers needing to keep score to know the Republican nominee. I listened to...

August 27, 2012

Remember the Alamo!

My parents remembered their fiftieth anniversary at the Alamo. This struck me as an unusual...

August 23, 2012

Five People Not Made Nicer By Having a Good Enemy

When I was a kid, a wise woman said of a politician: "At least he...

August 22, 2012

Here I Don’t Stand

This I do not believe, God help me, I just cannot. The wonderful world of...

August 21, 2012

What School Does

We live in dangerous times . . . last year I drove to class and...

August 20, 2012

Mr. Akin should not go to Washington

A candidate for high office can be foolish and win, but we need not rejoice...

August 03, 2012

On Education: What My Nana Taught Me

My Nana was a wise woman, but she attended little formal school: at most, eight...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

Where is God when good things happen?

The dead of Colorado cry out for an explanation: how could a good and all...

July 11, 2012

Birdemic: I feel Shock and Terror

Last night I rested from sanity and watched Birdemic: Shock and Terror. That the film...

July 09, 2012

Halo is better than most work?

When I am sad, I often read Sherlock Holmes: lots of Sherlock Holmes. Victoria and...

July 07, 2012

Lincoln: Vampire Slayer

If Lincoln killed vampires, he would be no greater than Lincoln was. Lincoln died making...

July 06, 2012

On School Supplies

In my childhood school supplies required no batteries, but did leave a boy armed and...

June 2012

June 21, 2012

Loving Hope

Today I have been married for twenty-six years. My memories of the event are hazy,...

June 21, 2012

Why I Quote the Bible more than Sarah Palin

Some people are so interesting other people give them credit for witty things they did...

June 19, 2012

Food Porn

God is so good, He makes the necessary joyful. We must eat to live, but...

June 18, 2012

Evidently I Have Secularized

At nine or ten my pastor father (Father Father) talked to me about God and...

June 17, 2012

What is a father?

My Mother and I used to laugh at greeting cards that began: what is a...

June 16, 2012

Captain Von Trapp was not an Orc

There are no orcs in a real war. Humans fight and die in a war,...

June 15, 2012

Thinking Christianly on Illegal Aliens

From my London window, I see the problem of a border out of control and...

June 14, 2012

Where are you Juliet?

Verona is Juliet's home in my mind. Romeo is there too, but Juliet! It is...

June 13, 2012

Death to Tyranny

European history turns the mind to tyranny, especially in Germany, Austria, and Italy. Easy to...

June 11, 2012

A Problem Like Maria

My greatest crimes against high culture are plain to all: Diet Coke, Disneyland, Packer football,...

June 10, 2012

On Church

Sitting in Saint Stephens cathedral in Vienna waiting for mass lifts me out of my...

June 09, 2012

True Love and Mozart

The Abduction from the Seraglio is Mozart's message to America in the person of Constanze....

June 08, 2012

What I Learned From Prague

Prague is love. New York City is famously for lovers, but Prague is for love....