July 6, 2015
(audio version available at the end of this post) This is my second blogpost within the past six weeks on building character. In my previous post I discussed the concept at the theoretical level offering three standards that are required to live a life steeped in character. Possibly the most important standard to uphold is […]
June 29, 2015
(audio version available at the end of this post) “They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law,” Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote, “[and] the Constitution grants them that right.” After 45 years of a very verbose existence, I am finally speechless. Well not really . . . The Supreme Court and countless equality […]
June 1, 2015
(audio version available at the end of this post) I heard from an old friend yesterday. He emailed to wish me a happy birthday. My relationship with birthdays has a troubled past. When my dear mother planned elaborate themed parties for me I would complain and always cry during the performance of the birthday song. […]
May 25, 2015
(audio version available at the end of this post) I have to confess, my family is comprised of lovers not fighters. Of my father’s generation, he served during Vietnam, but in the Mediterranean, safely aboard a destroyer thousands of miles from the nearest Viet Cong. His brother chose a different route, breaking his own arm to […]
May 18, 2015
(audio version available at the end of this post) My mother was a teacher of speech and drama (back when we filled those roles in public schools . . . before our obsession with math and science). So it is no wonder I notice when people use certain words too often. These days the word literally is […]