Halfway There

If only he were a better Catholic! There is a peculiar strain of conservative Catholicism that manifests itself in such religious media as...

“I'm not a bigot, but ...” The president of the United States is taking full advantage of social media to promote his political initi...

Getting serviced by the financial sector Most junk mail is pretty easy to ignore. Of course, when it comes bearing the label of your bank,...

Odd man out in the cold John Christy's research paper made it into the news media. Most scientists get to work in obscurity, but clima...

Personal priorities and education “Rob” was a good student, so I was unaccustomed to having him linger after class to ask questions. To ma...

Donohue unfriends the president The funniest message in my in-box this week was from the Catholic League. I started laughing the moment ...

But not reeled in Credit must be given where credit is due to those seducers at KXPR. They have been giving it their best shot lately, try...

Sorry, I don't speak the language Thanks to Language Log , it didn't take me long to dig out several examples of an old (possibly ...

The writer as researcher I can't help myself. I read prefaces and acknowledgments in books. It fascinates me when the author thanks th...

Bad teacher! When it's early in the semester, I tend to cut my students a little more slack. Of course, I expect them to pay attention...

Have I got a deal for you ! No competent marketer would miss an opportunity to sell product to a broad new demographic. I don't think ...

I, Ofnewt, take you, frog The toadlike Newt Gingrich has been refreshingly open about his reasons for abandoning Wife No. 1: You know an...

Déjà vu all over again Most of us in the teaching profession like to get to know our students and try to find ways to kickstart the proces...

Dough, ducats, shekels, moolah, ... It was mostly a mistake. The new semester had just begun and I was adjusting to a new early-rising reg...

Learning on the wing Like a moth to a flame (or an archangel to a young Jewish virgin), I was drawn irresistibly to the opportunity to at...

Dear Abby says, “Flee!” Jeanne Phillips received an urgent query from a distraught teenage girl. What will Dear Abby advise a 14-year-ol...

The ghost of Fiorina past Marty Wilson was a strategist for Carly Fiorina 's ill-fated attempt to oust Barbara Boxer from the U.S. Sen...

Because of the ignorance thing And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. (Gen. 3:7) It must help to lack s...

Guardian angel John Vasconcellos was a well-known figure around the State Capitol. A big teddy bear of a man, his rumpled figure had all ...