My favorite philosopher, Charles Sanders Peirce, was fond of reminding his fellows and readers that the world has a way of correcting (sometimes brutally) our false ideas. Misjudge a staircase…
Day 2, On the Banks of the Jessup River, 6 miles north of Piseco, NY. I had been making almost record time all day. It was only 3:00 PM and…
It's truly amazing the trouble a little box can cause. The little box I'm thing looked like this symbol ⌂ and beside it was an innocuous word: outreach. But oh…
I spent several eye opening hours in the library this week doing some personal research and tracking down sources for teaching projects. For a while I'd been looking for a…
After three weeks the raging flames of national pride have finally abated. Not only does life in Quebec deprive the American sojourner of his precious Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi -…
I worry about condemning hypocrites because someday I may want to be one myself. The media loves a good story of a politician professing one thing and practicing another. Throw…
This past week we watched as President Obama spoke to the Muslim world and raised, yet again, the prospect of peace in the Middle East. Many of us are praying…
My late grandfather was a wonderful Christian servant and brilliant social engineer. All five of his children and his many grandchildren rave about him, with only one glaring exception. His…
Here it comes! Get ready! Tick, Tick, Tick! Tick!..Tick!!..Tick!!!. If you've ever been on a roller coaster you know the building feelings of suspense that accompany those Ticks or Clicks.…
Inevitably here at Le Blog I end up mixing politics and religion. My hope is that the mixture is not so much substantive, as it is illustrative. I think that…