A Powerful Institution Fails Us Again. Dog Bites Man.
Are we really so surprised that the High Priests of Penn State Football turned out to be flawed, self-interested human beings after all?
One Beautiful Thing
How art helps us to zoom in on what’s essential.
“Utter Non-Interest in the Facts”—Orwell On Truth vs. Ideology
Orwell was willing to change his views based on new information, and even to seek out experiences that might re-shape his beliefs—an astonishing sort of open-mindedness that seems to have gone extinct.
A Letter from Tennessee to Poland and Ukraine
A little tough love for Eastern Europe, from a Southern state that knows a little something about stereotypes and bigotry.
On Moms, and Time Well Spent
Gardeny wisdom, learned from Mom.
Rumours Demolished
Disgruntled musings on the demolition of Rumours, the Little Wine Bar That Could
Crimson Tide Street Cred
I don’t watch much football now. But the Alabama Crimson Tide and me? We have history.
Ignoble Truths
Enlightenment comes in many forms
The Greenery 