David Farenthold, “Austerity is a hard nut to crack” George F. Will, “2013’s lesson for conservatives” Farenthold asks what’s best for...

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...

(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...

(From an April 2010 e-mail to my family:) Dad was still in good health back in ’83-85, when I became so deeply interested in spiritual...

Why can’t I be Ted Williams ? talk show host, on air talent, talk radio, the homeless blogger (Originally posted 04/13/12 at Trojan Horse...

At work on Tuesday 05/08/12, the radio station they had on the PA played Genesis’ “Giving it all away.” People see things different ways...

(Originally published 08/11/12 at Trojan Horse Productions .) If you go into a men’s room and see that someone’s taken his backpack and...

(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...

(Originally published 10/17/2012 at Trojan Horse Productions .) Democrats: Political slant marks Romney tax return Without in any way...

(Transcribed from a letter to my mother dated 25 September 2007.) Thi s conversation yesterday with a co-worker astonished me. “Peaches”...

Having several interviews in quick succession has raised my hopes and made my dreams more vivid. I can hardly wait to become a taxpayer...

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...

A lot of them are just like me: college graduates who have had professional careers, and then given issues in the job market and/or...

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

Video: Amazing Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in East Baltimore Link to it early and often throughout the day! My first audition...

Wednesday 04/24/13 Facing various issues as to how to spend my time. The current appearance of this blog is a far cry from what I want,...

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