As we come to the end of 2020, it is natural to reflect on what we have lost and what we have gained. This year the gains seemed too few...

I am happy Donald Trump has been defeated, but it is a melancholy joy. His Presidency hastened the final annulment of my ignorant illusi...

I am fascinated by the uproar over the movie Cuties. The plot is a warning about the over-sexualization of young girls. The girls are not...

This popped up on my FB memories. Five years ago, when my son was twelve-years-old, we had this conversation. If a child can understand...

There I said it. I like the plot summary, great stuff, but Nathaniel Hawthorne’s actual writing makes me wish I were illiterate.

My life today is not how I pictured it would look just a few months ago, but I will say in this season that we are going through, my pers...

Lord help me, I am a Republican. I have a list of reasons why I am a Republican, but that is a post for another time. I've actually sta...

Tonight I got a call from a friend who is going through something hard, very hard, like the kind of hard that ends up in a memoir. I hav...

We all want to feel safe. We all want to feel secure. We all want to feel comfortable. When we stepped out of our cave, strapped on our w...

I feel like I need to say from the outset that I do not watch Game of Thrones beyond watching previews and reading articles about it that...

I'll fill in a couple of the blanks for you here. My mind is a lot like luggage claim: I need to grab a thought as soon as I see it or it...