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The Decline And Fall
North To Alaska! I'm goin' north, the rush is on. In fall of 1975, after graduating from CU Boulder with a European history degree, I headed North to Alaska to find my fortune. An intrepid friend of mine, Jimmy Gray, had done it. A few years before, he'd gone to...
The little things
It’s Christmas. Don’t sweat the small stuff. And it’s all small stuff. Especially politics.
He who must not be named
Out of the mouth of babesOur two little granddaughters spent the night with us a few days ago. It was the first time we'd had them both at once. Although we were a bit concerned that the movie picked out for the evening, The Polar Express, might go over the two year...
Just because we can . . . does it mean we should?
Ever heard of vivisection? It comes from Latin words meaning "alive" and "cutting." It's the practice, in other words, of cutting living creatures. Sounds pretty creepy. And for that reason, the term's largely fallen out of use. But the word can also refer to what...
On marriage.
Are wedding vows pie crust promises, made to be broken? Or something more in line with the crucial role that marriage plays in society?
Join the army. Go to distant lands.
Making war cool. Even for women!