It sounded like wind at first — wind blowing thru the trees. But overhead the leaves and pine needles were not rustling. The sound grew louder. Across the lake, the shore disappeared in a shrouded mist. And a wall of white blew across the water. Rain drops began to fall thru the canopy, making splash […]
Yearly Archives: 2026
We Will Arrest You
Sun, 25 Jan 2026, 09:00 PM (-06:00)
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner a couple weeks ago, We will arrest you. We will put handcuffs on you. We will close those cuffs. We will put you in a cell […] We will do everything in our power to convict you and we will make sure you serve your entire sentence because Donald Trump […]
A Definition
Sun, 25 Jan 2026, 10:11 AM (-06:00)
David Guttenfelder/The New York Times From Britannica: terrorism: the calculated use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a population and thereby to bring about a particular political objective
Words of MLK
Mon, 19 Jan 2026, 03:45 PM (-06:00)
If you don’t have anything nice to say, perhaps you shouldn’t say anything. Nevertheless… The arc of the moral universe might bend toward justice, but that arc is evidently quite long [MLK speech, Unitarian origins]. I once lived in times in which its bending was manifest, but times have changed. Today plain spaces are made […]
Call Me Pop
Wed, 7 Jan 2026, 08:56 PM (-06:00)
It’s not that I worked at NASA. It’s not that I was a software architect. It’s not even that I have been a teacher. The accomplishment of my life is my son, Ben. And now he and Sam are doing that themselves (despite his declarations years ago that he a “breeder” would not be). Lila […]
2026
Thu, 1 Jan 2026, 07:40 AM (-06:00)
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries