For as many years as I can remember, I have been afraid of spiders. I don’t like the ways they move, the aggressive angles of their legs, or their horrible,…
Writing a humor column is risky business. I learned this many years ago, when I accidentally (no, I tell a lie; I completely intentionally) insulted a large metropolitan area in…
The Research Department, to no one’s surprise, has grown weary of the newsmongering profession, particularly the breathless sort that requires a dark suit and way too much makeup. Even avoiding…
We are, Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, in the process of renovating our bathroom. This bathroom has made me insane since we stole it from our daughters, six…
The National Weather Service has issued a volcano watch for Southwest Virginia, southern West Virginia, and the mountainous parts of Tennessee and North Carolina. A volcano watch means conditions are…
When the earthquake hit, I was sitting at my desk contemplating a timeline of American Puritanism. If there is an optimum time for the earth to move, this is not…
This week, although it is difficult to believe, my beautiful daughters turned 25. They are fun, intelligent, self-actualized people who make our lives joyful, and we are blessed to have…
Last spring, in the middle of a multiple-day class discussion about the role of technology in culture, one of my students sent a text message in class. This happens all…
Have you noticed what a furtive time of year this is? People who are usually paragons of moral rectitude suddenly begin sneaking onto their neighbors’ porches in the dead of…
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