An Older Way of Living
David Brooks is very good today: “What Life Asks of Us” (hat tip, Fergus {formerly of the North of England, now of the South of Kansas City})
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And Another Thing . . .
A few thoughts about the inaugural address–a speech that seemed to want to please everyone. But first, some context. It makes sense that a kid who learned how to adapt and fit in in places as diverse as Hawaii and Indonesia, and with relatives from places as disparate as Kansas and Kenya, gets really good […]
What Today Meant. And What It Didn't.
Today was historic. It was meaningful. And there is a lot about it that was moving. Barack Obama is a great American story. But there is also much about the way the media and the popular culture are viewing this milestone that is wildly annoying and more than a little offensive. Allow me to explain. […]
More on Mexico
From NRO: “The Big Story of 2009 will be . . . Mexico?”
Back Up On the Hobby Horse
I still haven’t gotten a breakthrough on restoring all the history of this blog. But thanks to the helpful suggestion of faithful reader, Ted, I did utilize Google’s cache feature to retrieve the text from eight or nine of the posts I’d be most saddened to lose. (Ted, if you’re not currently frozen solid there […]
Catching Up
Much to tell. But where to start? The picture above is me, last week. Wandering in the wilderness. On January 6th I rose before dawn and drove alone to Palo Duro Canyon State Park in the Texas panhandle for a few days of solitude, inventory-taking, prayer, and blessed isolation from media bombardment. I had rented […]
Aaaaand we're back . . .
. . . sort of. The question is, did posterity and I just lose 18 months worth of soul-baring, wit, and profundity? That would be . . . unfortunate. “Backups?,” you ask. I’ll get back to you on that.
Technical Difficulties Continue
Sober Optimism as a New Year Begins
First the sober part. I don’t claim any special insight (natural or spiritual) into the future but I strongly suspect we’re in for a truly wild ride this year. After all, we’re only three days into 2009 and we already have a shooting war going in the Middle East with Israeli tanks rolling in Gaza. […]
Two More Digital Mouths to Feed
Maintaining (or neglecting) three or four blogs apparently isn’t enough for me. I recently succumbed to peer pressure and started a Facebook page. If you’re on Facebook, look me up here. You’ll find family photos and such. A glutton for virtual punishment, I also started a Twitter feed a while back. If you don’t know […]