One Today, by Richard Blanco One sun rose on us today, kindled over our shores, peeking over the Smokies, greeting the faces of the Great Lakes, sprea…
Evolution is a thing, By Will Femia Ohio really did go to the president last night. And he really did win. And he really was born in Hawaii. And he re…
...on how to raise a child, from Susan Sontag 1. Be consistent. 2. Don't speak about him to others (e.g., tell funny things) in his presence. (Don't m…
Sabbath in the Suburbs by MaryAnn McKibben Dana My rating: 5 of 5 stars When I got this book & saw that it was aimed at a "family's" experiment in obs…
From Lo Fi Samurai comes this: In recent times A neo nazi walked into a room of praying people, murdering six of them. 36 million miles away, the mars…
The Real Work by Wendell Berry It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which w…
From the Atlantic, comes this: What happens when you make humans into vessels for ideas. Forgive me for being late to Jonah Lehrer's transgressions an…
From NPR- I believe in the pursuit of happiness. Not its attainment, nor its final definition, but its pursuit. I believe in the journey, not the arri…
Per PM Carpenter: There no longer exists any doubt that Mitt Romney intends to win the White House by conducting the most dishonest, unscrupulous and …