Book Giveaway
As a new blogger who has posted items for only a few months, I much appreciate the complimentary feedback I’ve received so far. I’m especially gratified by reports that some of you…
Washington’s Swamp
The latest Congressional approval rating I’ve seen, from December, reveals that 15% of our citizens approve of the work of our Washington legislators. Fifteen percent? That high? Was the poll over-weighted with…
Berlin and the Brandenburg Gate: Conclusion
Note: If you’re new to this blog, or if you don’t remember details of my first experience at the Brandenburg Gate recounted in an earlier post, you may want to go back…
Christmas and Beyond
Christmas is rushing in and arriving tomorrow, the Covid-19 Christmas of 2020, that strange mutant promising to be different from any Christmas we’ve ever known. Tomorrow’s odd offshoot will be marked by…
Taking on South American Arrow Poison
This piece is a bit different from others I’ve written here. I wrote this one years ago and published it in the Kansas City Star. I dug out a clipping of it…
One on One in Kuopio Addendum
If you’ve read my previous post, the one in which I describe my energetic examination of a doctoral student in Kuopio, you know that story ended with a critical question unanswered, with…
One on One in Kuopio
After a refreshing night in my Kuopio hotel, I took on a hefty breakfast before getting down to the business I had come for. I opened the dissertation of the doctoral student…
Flying above Fire
When I landed in Helsinki, the middle leg of my previously-mentioned tour, I was met by the young pilot assigned to fly me to Kuopio. By odd circumstance that fellow was the…
Second Thoughts on First Impressions
We all know the cliché, the one that usually goes something like this, “You won’t have a second chance to make a first impression.” There is of course irrefutable logic tied to…
Free Travel Addendum, and Note
After writing about my jaunt to Jerusalem, Kuopio, and Oxford, I dug back and discovered I had gone on eleven other trips in 1987, so I soared through more clouds that year…
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