I’ve had more time to visit my local library lately, which is older and smaller than most. I like to glance through the stacks at some of the older books. That’s how I came across “The Listener,” by Taylor Caldwell. First published in 1960, it seemed to have a certain relevance for today’s need to… Continue reading A Listener

Twitter is often described as “micro-blogging.” So it occurred to me that if one were to put all those little “tweets” together on a particular topic they might actually constitute a, well… regular blog. Let’s try it. Tracking the journey from the day I was laid off until today: June 10: A day of transition.… Continue reading unemployed twittering

Time recently posted a very hopeful article on the status of marriage in America. I say hopeful, because it articulated a view that was far from “politically correct.” Some excerpts: “There is no other single force causing as much measurable hardship and human misery in this country as the collapse of marriage. It hurts children,… Continue reading Hope for Marriage