“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” It is an old proverb, but it applies in more areas than people might realize.
The True Value of the Youth Vote
We need their hopefulnessÂ
Reading through the Penguin Little Black Classics: numbers 3-5
This post continues the series begun with this essay on Penguin Little Black Classics, number 1-2. The Penguin Little Black Classics are an excellent read. Each short book is entertaining and, at mid-50 pages, just long enough to give you […]
A game of ball
Baseball presents a certain way of doing life–and it is magical.
Interview with Elizabeth Stice: announcing Orange Blossom Ordinary
Introducing Orange Blossom Ordinary, a new review of books, edited by Elizabeth Stice
The Penguin Little Black Classics: In the beginning
The Penguin Little Black Classics–a treasure you might not have known you needed!
We Are Not Serious People
Our outrage has proven ineffective. What might that mean?
The Olympic Trials, the trials of life, and televised lessons for living
Olympic Trials are an education in character–for athletes and possibly the viewers too.
God loves ugly
God loves beauty, But what might we gain if we believed also that God loves ugly?
REVIEW: Striving—Not Stuck—in the Middle
Only dead people rest easily in boxes
The art of living: Angela Lansbury
Some celebrities are exemplars in many ways, but the public is less aware.
Counterpoint: celebrities talking politics—let them eat cake
When it comes to talking politics, celebrities do not always get it right, but neither do the rest of us.
Fanfare for the common man
Sometimes the everyday person is worthy of celebration.
REVIEW: U Sad, Bro?Â
Frat life takes a lucrative—and criminal—turn
“Little ears”
In this age of cynicism, maybe we should actually try to have “little ears.”
Our Draymond Green problem
Even if we see problems within our team, it is notoriously difficult to go against your own group, whatever that group is.
Ode to enthusiasm
Our time seems less likely to produce or appreciate a Keats, and that is unfortunate. Many people spend much of their time being critical or angry.
The art of living: Beryl Markham
The Art of Living is an occasional series about people who seemed to know something about living.
Power and privilege and the Passion
At Christmas, we are often asked to consider “what child is this?” At Easter, among other things, we might ask, “what power is this?”
It’s earlier than you think
Sometimes it is a little exhausting keeping track of all the things that are supposed to signal our imminent decline. So calm yourself, because it’s earlier than you think.