Uncategorized

In recent years I have gained a working knowledge of libraries at Yale, Wesleyan, and Trinity College to say nothing […]

Two hundred and fifty years ago, Jonathan Swift remarked that “Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but

This week, in an uncharacteristically bold move, the Archbishop of Canterbury declared the pope peripheral. He didn’t say it in

The recent spate of attacks ads targeting representatives who voted for health care reform and the larger number of ads

Few things seem to me as frightening as religious people with a cause. We got health care through the House

Is there anything in this world, I wonder, as sad and as dangerous as believers without faith? It is an

As the days get shorter, the log pile gets longer. Before much longer, the log pile will begin to get

“Where are the snows of yesteryear?” asked the poet. Well, this week they were lying on our lawn. October snows

It’s Columbus Day weekend and I am not on duty. Why not join the hordes on the highway and go

It’s time for some nature notes, strange and wonderful: wonderful first. I think it was maybe two years ago that