There have been some interesting updates of late in the case of Adam Race, the autistic boy who was banned from the Bertha, Minnesota “Church of St. Joseph” by its […]

There are a lot of things I will probably never understand about Minnesota. Lutefisk would be one example. I’ve spent only about three days in the state of Minnesota in […]

Joyce McKibben, Mayor City of Lithonia, GA Dear Ms. McKibben: Let me offer my congratulations. By overstepping your authority under the city’s charter and summarily firing your police chief, you […]

Most Americans remember the little monkey we read about in children’s books. Curious George is probably as much of a national phenomenon as Charlie Brown, at least among those of […]

I am in the control room of a recording studio in Florida, a cool oasis of air-conditioned comfort in a land otherwise enveloped in muggy unpleasantness. My hands rest on […]

Exhibit A: This morning, an eight-year-old second-grader was arrested, put in handcuffs, and taken to jail for punching his teacher. The story is here. The headline for it, on news […]

I haven’t written anything here in a while.  I’ve had some mixed feelings about the blog, but I decided to leave it up, if for nothing but historical interest.  However, […]