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The Importance of Quiet

Cell phones either in our pockets, on the table or most insidiously, in our hands…constantly. Ringing, vibrating, pinging,

14 Apr

I was watching a film clip of A Streetcar Named Desire that featured Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski, Tennessee

07 Sep

I’m not sure when it got like this. If I had to hazard a guess, at least the last ten years with the advent of social media

25 Mar

I hate filling out forms. The good news is that with modern word processors most of the most tedious jobs are done: name,

29 Dec

I’ve given a lot of thought to the idea the title of this piece is about. Events in one’s life seem to point to a specific

23 Dec

Should one take any time at all to study the writings of the philosophes, those of the eighteenth century that gave birth to

03 Dec

I’m not sure I’ve ever felt this kind of despair before for the nation I live in. Every time I’d see the American flag

11 Aug

Sometimes when we think of the past we look at it in a prism. We rarely see the figures or times we’re studying for what they

03 Feb

I am given to think that the saying is true; all glory is fleeting. The origins of the phrase are shrouded in

29 Jan

Here is a short piece that I wrote regarding the United States and Independence Day.

04 Jul