I was speaking to a professor and researcher who are investigating the possibility that people who hated school make better teachers. This is a theory that I have long espoused,…
I’m happy that I am able to watch so much BBC programing here in America, but I think US television networks are missing a golden opportunity by not broadcasting more…
Richard Holbrook, American diplomat and primary architect of the Dayton Peace Accords, died following emergency heart surgery. He was serving as a special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan at the…
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. – Seneca For those of you attuned to the intricacies of the NFL, you may be aware of the 70 yard kickoff…
I love and hate this boy all at the same time. I’m conflicted. And incredibly amused. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv4Hpz-GI3g
The Chronicle of Higher Education posted a fascinating story about a man who makes his living writing papers for college students. Reading it reminded me that this was how I…
Faithful readers might have noticed that I did not post yesterday. That does not happen often. On Sunday night I was in Foxboro, watching the Patriots beat the Green Bay…
Sometimes women take equality a little too far. In November, men are encouraged to grow mustaches in order to raise awareness of prostate cancer, thus dubbing the month Movember. Not…
Sometimes Elysha threatens to throw Owen out of our bedroom window. Moments like these assure me that she she’s all talk and no action.
The original, 1963 version of Clifford the Big Red Dog is written like the first draft to one of my novels. The plot does not begin until two–thirds of the…
