Last week was pretty typical for this time of year: some snow, some rain, a bit of sunshine, and temperatures that crept over 50 degrees one afternoon and descended to single digits a couple of nights later. We had five full days of quality classes at school, fraught with discussions capable of inspiring life-changing epiphanies […]

Democrats and media commentators are noting that many Republicans are “shrugging off” the fact that Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to felony campaign finance violations which prosecutors say President Trump directed him to commit. The president, they say, is “implicated in two felonies.” How could GOP lawmakers shrug that off? One little-discussed reason is that many Republicans never […]

The most joy-filled people I saw during the Super Bowl were in a Microsoft commercial titled When Everybody Plays We All Win. We were introduced to six kids who love to play video games with their friends. Each of these beautiful kids has a physical limitation that makes using standard video-game controllers quite difficult. One says, […]

If you follow any major sport, you probably know about weekly power rankings.  Teams are rated on their recent performance, and their standing may change from week to week.  The ranking supposedly reveals the ultimate winner. Power rankings have now come to the presidential campaign.  Washington Post pundits plan to rank weekly all potential candidates, […]

You’re from out of town going 65 mph down the highway heading west, and you want to catch another highway going north. What do you think the exit sign should say in 3-foot-tall letters? A) Gophertown B) Exit 42 C) Gov. Tiddwilly Memorial Highway D) Pinewood Mall Quick, you’ve got nanoseconds to decide. It is […]

Steve was walking down the sidewalk the other day to get from the barber shop to where he’d parked his pickup. It was a nice kind of day. Chilly, of course, but not bolt-freezing cold. His mind was on what he had to do that day. In addition to the usual ranch chores, he had […]