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Some years ago, a friend and colleague observed that the industry in which we both worked at the time, Public Broadcasting, defined...

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision that effectively overturned its own earlier position on Roe V Wade, and subsequent actions...

With just a few days to go before the midterm elections you can be sure of two things: an even greater barrage of financial solicitations...

In the course of producing our LoveLife podcast, Alvean Lyons and I have traversed a great many issues regarding relationships. LoveLife...

In the event you may have missed the news, the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, were honored for their “experiments with...

Growing up, one of my favorite hymns was Be Still My Soul. Set to the tune of Finlandia, the hymn’s haunting melody is a perfect vehicle...

One of my favorite comic strips back in the day was Bloom County. If you are not familiar with it, it was a snarky, offbeat commentary...

If you’re looking for some scandalous tidbits or lascivious life tips I am sorry to disappoint you, there are none in this post. In fact...

In the search for peace, contentment or enlightenment solitude can be a friend. Whatever you seek, even those things that can only be...

Quite a few years ago I was introduced to a planning discipline that had originally been developed by the Royal Dutch Shell company as a...

I grew up in a family that argued, often, passionately, and about anything. Most of it was friendly banter, only occasionally did...

There’s an old joke about a management consultant who, while driving down a rural lane, spots a farmer holding a pig in his arms as the...

Over the past few weeks, I've watched two television dramas that explored the possibility of a future in which mankind is finally freed...

As Labor Day approaches parents and children across our country are preparing to return to school. For many this year, the prospect of...

How many times have we said, I believe, in asserting what is a closely held opinion, whether or not we have any first-hand knowledge or...

Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall” introduced the phrase “Good fences make good neighbors”. It’s a tricky bit of wording that suggests...

A great deal of the rhetoric we hear from the right wing these days has to do with a deep-seated fear of those whose identity, and in...

The extremism of political polarization that has become the norm today is no stranger to matters of religious faith and practice. ...

This week, yet another article in a scientific journal reports on the reasons we are attracted to some people and not others. I’ll spare...

Recently, I had the opportunity to re-visit the original site of the Chautauqua movement in upstate New York. At its height, the...