Bookmarks: Disgusting smells provoke conservatism • Race and upward mobility • Affordable housing issues in Baltimore ———— ♦ ———— A...

Jeanette is a pleasant, demented homeless woman who frequents St. Paul Plaza and the library. She’s always immaculately dressed. I don’t...

I don’t hold with those who want to blame global warming wholly on American industry and American cars.  The slashing-burning of hundreds...

Bookmarks: Danny keeps breaking up his phones • ———— ♦ ———— Three thoughts on tohu (chaos) and tikkun (order) Wednesday 2014-10-15 Danny...

UPDATES APPEAR IN THE COMMENTS.   Blogging experts tell us to give our posts dramatic titles. I might not tell the story at all, but on...

The appointed Gospel text for Sunday was Matthew’s Parable of the Wedd ing Banquet, Matthew 22:1-14. I was struck by verses 11-14 —...

The shelter boots us out at 5:45 a.m. daily.  You must take all your belongings with you and cannot come back until 2:30. Until February...

This exchange occurred at Messiah Truth : The New Testament equips me to love All . On the one hand, one who diligently lives as Jesus...

R.I.P. Brian Williard, a.k.a. funnyphilosopher . Homey died yesterday.  Earlier in the week, he had consumed too much alcohol in too...

(Originally posted June 22, 2013 at Trojan Horse Productions .  Reblogged 2019-11-14 .) My normal day runs as follows.  After breakfast...

(Originally published 2013-07-04 at Trojan Horse Productions .  Reblogged 2019-10-02 .) Baltimore is more likely than other places, to...

Matthew, Mark and Luke report many of the same episodes, often in almost exactly the same language; but the sequence in which these...

1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2You know that when you were pagans, you were...

A Nation of Cowards Jeffrey Snyder suggests that carrying a handgun is both a right and a duty of every law-abiding citizen. This is hard...

Some weeks ago, I stood in line awaiting check-in at the shelter. This place charges $3 a night. I was holding my money in my hand, and...

Today is my youngest brother’s 65th birthday, and a good occasion for me to pay tribute to him as an inspiration and role model. He’s six...

I participate on a certain online discussion board. My premiere antagonist is a man who got trounced by a playground bully in fifth...

All my life, I’ve been fascinated with things that glow in the dark.  Where does the light come from?  This is now fundamental to my...

In many cases, you can strip away the fictions surrounding a legendary figure, and discover the historical original. For example, there...

The job search feels like an endless exercise in futility. I recently launched a new hobby that may help me persevere. It involves the...