A quote: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past. All of us labor in webs spun long before we were born, webs of heredity and…
I know, I know, not everyone likes baseball. But The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O’Neil’s America is so much than balls and strikes, home…
A quote: “Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then —…
The subject of the book from the VG Bookshelf this week is literacy. I am not reviewing the book “Why Johnny Can’t Read”. I am issuing a…
This Friday’s image is of a time not long past. We may have bettered our lot since then, but will we hold on to it? Post your…
Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and spring is almost here. By the calendar, anyway. Life moves to its own rhythms but some things are eternal. Let this challenge…
Marijuana is in the news a lot. According to Monday Morning.com, all the major Democrat 2020 Presidential Election hopefuls are pro-marijuana legalization. In 2016, Libertarian candidate and…
Fifty years ago humans did more than just gaze up at the moon. Ever wonder if we’ll ever go back? Or what back will lead to? This…
Is hell really other people? Or ourselves? Of Heaven and Hell there’s still purgatory. That place could fire 10,000 imaginations. However, you have just this Friday and…
While Third Wave Feminists are screeching about empowering women and the horrible patriarchy of the twenty-first century, there have always been women who have plowed their way…
It’s hard to explain the romance we have with trains. The promise of taking us to new horizons? But isn’t the real challenge to remember that Other…
The prolific and highly readable Heather MacDonald has produced another incisive examination of American culture. The Diversity Delusion examines a cultural upheaval that eschews excellence for bean-counting….
Corner bar philosophers have intoned that one can experience the most intense loneliness in the most crowded of cities. Let this week’s challenge image of one piece…
There are a lot more skills in the world than the ability to come up with a public relations campaign and more satisfying destinations than the corner…
Ah, youth! For this week’s challenge image consider how we view our youngsters. As blank slates to be written on by others? As Athena, sprung whole upon…
Such is that a section of a city may live, breathe, change and glitter while another section withers in glacial decay. Let this week’s challenge image inspire…
Lots of talk of bridges and walls these last few weeks. Yet, even the morality attached to these objects cannot exist outside of context. Let this week’s…
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