Prayer for myself often takes the form of imagining myself climbing up a ladder out of a pit, the pit being my current circumstances of...

Saint Benedict ran a monastery. He ran into the problem that many monks wanted to spend all their time praying and studying, and not do...

THE TWELVE STEPS OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came...

(A message I sent family on 26 April 2006.) Disease, or sin? To the best of my knowledge, the “disease theory of alcoholism” began with...

Steve Hartman’s “On the Road” segment for the CBS Evening News , 11/01/13: Kan. prisoners get the granny treatment Here is a practical...

A follower sent me the below link; I don’t think I need to comment on the article, but just highly recommend it. How To Wire Your Brain...

(Originally published 09/28/13 at Trojan Horse Productions .) Prayer for myself often takes the form of imagining myself climbing up a...

(Originally published 08/14/13 at Trojan Horse Productions .) Prayer for myself often takes the form of imagining myself climbing up a...

(Originally published 06/06/13 at Trojan Horse Productions .) This has been a very heavy day, and there’s a lot here. For the moment, at...

(Below appears a tract I passed out with the Hallowe’en candy in 2007. “ Chaos overwhelms the poor ” describes that neighborhood.) Light...

(Originally published 09/18/2012 at Trojan Horse Productions. ) Romney: Obama voters ‘believe they are victims’ First, let me say I...

Matthew 25: 14 “For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; 15to one he gave five...

The Marshmallow Study Revisited For the past four decades, the “marshmallow test” has served as a classic experimental measure of...

Yesterday at noon I had an interview for a Program Assistant position at a medical professional society downtown. This is straightforward...

Yesterday I researched expungement in Maryland. My conviction was in mid-October 2010, and I’d understood one could get a misdemeanor...

EEOC sues over criminal background checks This affects me. In August ’10 I became the first member of my family in three generations ever...

Thanks to the reader who sent me this link: Poor people aren’t stupid; bad decisions are from being overwhelmed, study finds I am...

Here comes the spoils society Don’t let that odd title put you off. I think this op-ed by Robert J. Samuelson is pretty important. The...

Prayer for myself often takes the form of imagining myself climbing up a ladder out of a pit, the pit being my current circumstances of...

Prayer for myself often takes the form of imagining myself climbing up a ladder out of a pit, the pit being my current circumstances of...