So…why?
Michael Berube, who sat as the Paterno Family Professor in Literature at Penn State, has written an essay entitled Why I Resigned the Paterno Chair. For an English professor, he does a poor job (in my...
View ArticleThe cost of austerity
This heartbreaking story illustrates why “austerity” actually becomes a “war on the poor,” even if it isn’t intended that way. According to SOS Villages, a European charity that attempts to help...
View ArticleFranklin Graham blind/deaf to his own words
I do enough disagreeing with people that I really try to give them credit when it’s due. And in the case of Franklin Graham and the fight against HIV/AIDS, he’s been on the right side of the issue for...
View ArticleThe moral vacuum of college football
Penn State has been penalized by the NCAA for allowing Jerry Sandusky to run his child sodomy mill without fear of disclosure or punishment. The “punishments” include: Four year postseason ban 10...
View ArticleMy first post about being a dad
The first time I became a dad, it was intentional. My first wife and I became foster parents and then went through the legal steps to adopt my daughter and eldest son. They were already teenagers, and...
View ArticleTime for a relaunch
As should be apparent from the lack of posting, I have simply lost the passion for writing about politics and religion. I try to keep my poli sci skills dusted off at my other site, and, after taking a...
View Article“Woman” is code for “homo sapien” too
I had to turn off the Brian Lehrer Show today because the entire premise of their “End of War” discussion was just so vile and hateful that I couldn’t stomach it. The series is aimed at logically...
View ArticleA round-up starts with a few strays
I used to keep an eye on a lot of blog-friends. One of the things I noticed when I returned to semi-regular posting is that many of them have disappeared. That makes me a little sad. At this point, I...
View ArticleRush wins the public agenda
At this point, everyone knows that Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke a slut. In fact, so many people know that happened that no one actually knows what point Ms. Fluke was trying to make. If Limbaugh...
View ArticleThe paradox of the right
Today, the US Senate killed an amendment to a Highway Bill that would have allowed employers to cherry-pick what health procedures they would not want to cover for their employees, based on the...
View ArticleBasic bread dough
This is the basic dough I use and adapt to whatever I decide to make. Because I use no added sugar, it takes extra time to develop. Take starter out of refrigerator and let it come to room temperature...
View ArticleBread starter
There are a lot of different ways to do this. It’s very hard to do it “wrong.” Anything that ends up with a live and thriving yeast culture is the right way to do it. At its most basic, you need...
View ArticleChanges, dietary and otherwise
At this point, I can say that I’m in better physical shape than I’ve been in probably a decade. Unfortunately, that isn’t really good enough. But I’m far enough along in my personal rehab that I can...
View ArticleWe don’t really care what Jesus would do…
Apparently, Jesus is a good name – but not so much a role model. Christians in the U.S. who labeled themselves politically liberal or conservative told researchers Jesus wouldn’t necessarily agree with...
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Tyranny and having it both ways
I heard of this story via NPR, but I can’t find a link to the story, so I found this one instead. So here’s the meat of the article: She is 16, the daughter of a firefighter and a nurse, a...
View ArticleThis irrelevant faith
The Washington Post has a short article relating poll findings from the Barna Group (here is the Barna Group’s write-up on their findings). As with most such polls, it is the results in light of...
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The irrelevance of faith in football
Dan Wetzel has it right>: Tim Tebow’s pastor, Wayne Hanson, says he knows why the Denver Broncos are 7-1 since installing Tebow as quarterback – it’s the player’s faith. “It’s not luck,” Hanson said...
View Article‘Tis the season
I found this article to be interesting: The study, by sociologists Elaine Howard Ecklund of Rice and Kristen Schultz Lee of the University at Buffalo, found that many atheists want their children...
View ArticleMilgram, Penn State, and feminine responsibility
The news out of Penn State is anything but good. But it does tell us a lot about ourselves culturally. Some of it is good. Most of it is not. The facts are pretty straight forward. Several years ago,...
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