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February 2022

February 22, 2022

Words, Reality, and Happy Birthday

A Little Argument Recently a man made a little argument about words: "Words mean what...

July 2021

July 04, 2021

Land that I Love: the Glorious Fourth (Part II/II)

If the United States of America is your country, as it is my country, these...

June 2021

June 23, 2021

Knowing the Ancestors: Necessary for Classical Education

Dad posted a picture of both my grandfathers relaxing with friends and I am made...

May 2021

May 13, 2021

Black Americans Were the Critical Factor in Winning the Civil War

Black Americans liberated themselves. The moment that there was a possibility of freedom, enslaved Americans...

April 2021

April 05, 2021

Dance with Zalongo (Greek Bicentennial)

The last dance led to death, but this martyrdom to joy evermore and memory eternal....

April 02, 2021

The Passion of Jesus and Chios (Greek Bicentennial)

Rebellion against the tyrants was not their first choice. When the choice was thrust on...

March 2021

March 24, 2021

Hellas: With No Monument to Preserve Her Except that of the Heart

Rootless, lost, unattached, homeless: these feelings overwhelm those who forget the mothers and fathers that...

March 12, 2021

Underdetermined

I never have a pass on making a bad argument. No scholar should claim more...

March 02, 2021

Attend to Hope

Somebody someplace is ceaselessly saying something. We can keep reading our feeds, texts, emails. I...

March 01, 2021

Oh No! I could not listen to Styx!

What is a real problem? I suspect that the genocide of religious people by the...

February 2021

February 21, 2021

On Language: Ignoring Context and History Leads to Grotesqueries

Consider the power of language to liberate or brutalize. We can all learn from one...

January 2021

January 23, 2021

Vroom! Vroom! (On Buying an Automobile and Empowering Employees)

I learned something last week, but first I must tell you how, painfully, I learned...

December 2020

December 26, 2020

Let the Bad Go, The Feast of Stephen (Second Day of Christmas, Sometimes Called Boxing Day)

Some things seem so bad, they can ruin the thing they are a bit like...

December 18, 2020

One Truth, Different Icons, One Family History

An adult child that will remain nameless found our new creche arrangement highly inappropriate. *...

November 2020

November 30, 2020

Red Letter Day at the Bailey Building and Loan

If I have a bad day, I call my dad and say: “It is another...

September 2020

September 29, 2020

On Debating

What good is a debate? Debating is a good way to find out the merits...

September 16, 2020

Speak 3 Times, Each Time Louder: Weird Rules, Deeper Meaning

Watch enough television, and sadly I have watched enough television, and you observe a rule:...

September 03, 2020

Learning from the Wise: Thanks Orlando Ferrell

Today I was riding home and was pleased when the car pulled up and the...

June 2020

June 15, 2020

Nessie versus Athena (without Ninjas)

Nessie versus Athena? Nessie wins, more or less, though Athena maintains her dignity. This is...

June 14, 2020

Ballet, Education, and Bad Philosophy

The students rushed off to see the grave of a classical Russian novelist and our...

June 07, 2020

In Praise of Mickey

Mickey Mouse is ninety-one. I suspect that with jazz, Lincoln, and scientific advances, Disney animation...

May 2020

May 26, 2020

“Silver and Gold, I Have?” The Prosperity Gospel Defended?

"Silver and Gold I have. . ." so said the televangelist to applause so overwhelming,...

May 14, 2020

Heard Over and Over Again: Variety is Good

Small ones delight in repetition. Children want to hear the same stories over and over again. ...

May 08, 2020

Ten Rules for When You Do Not Know an Area (How to Avoid Bigfoot without also Being Duped by Group Think Experts)

We are in a pandemic and the experts do not all agree about what we...

April 2020

April 24, 2020

When Eb and Eddie Munster Did Theodicy

Eb Dawson of Green Acres and Eddie Munster were discussing a theodicy and Eb was explaining things...

April 04, 2020

American Madness (Frank Capra Relevant Today)

If you want some economic advice from a man who got America through the Great...

April 01, 2020

Get Thee Some Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash is a good bard for a pandemic. He is good for most pain,...

March 2020

March 31, 2020

Sullivan’s Travels: The Solidarity of Laughter

Sullivan's Travels may be the movie we need just now.* Sullivan is a guy born on...

March 26, 2020

Baseball Opening Day in A Very Hard Year: Hank Greenberg in 1938

They had opening day in 1938, but in the shadow of World War II and...

December 2019

December 09, 2019

Complaining about 10-3: ‘Ware This, but Even More Beware This Leader

Packer fans can be demanding. If you do not care about sports, wait a bit,...