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The Element
The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything , by Ken Robinson (Viking, New York, 2009) I've written...
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Food, Inc.
On June 12—tomorrow— Food, Inc . opens. As usual, we'll probably wait for the DVD, but it's definitely one I want to...
Last Child in the Woods
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder , by Richard Louv (Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill,...
For the Swiss, and Swiss-Lovers, Amongst Us
In another context, someone asked if the folks at the Front Porch Republic were Presbyterian. I spent a little time trying to...
First Cousin Twice Removed...Second Cousin Once...
I never could keep cousins straight. First cousins—the children of my parents' siblings—I understood, but I was lost...
Remembrance
You can always count on Mallard Fillmore , the only one of my favorite comics to remember.
Worms Eat My Garbage
Worms Eat My Garbage , by Mary Appelhof (Flower Press, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1997) Long, long ago, John Holt introduced me...
Summertime
It's officially summer here, whatever the calendar may say. We can pretty much count on temperatures in the 90's, afternoon...
Hurricane Season, 2009
We're now officially into hurricane season, which means I'll be paying more attention to the Tropical Weather link on the...
The Lituus
The lituus is not a test to determine the pH of a substance, although that's how I read it at first. It's a musical instrument,...
Cherries, Chopsticks, and Honey Bees
The young lady at the grocery store was right: a chopstick makes a great cherry pitter. Until I was nine years old, I lived in...
Can We Have Stability with Growth, Home with Adventure?
A common theme over at the Front Porch Republic is a respect for place : for home and community, for not only eating locally but...
Midwives in Florida
A friend alerted me to an article on midwives from the May 20, 2009 Orlando Sentinel . It's about a recently-developed program...
One Reason Why I Pray Daily for President Obama
Not only does North Korea continue to flaunt its testing of nuclear explosives and ballistic missiles, but it has abrogated the 1953...
Wikipedia
Who the Hell Writes Wikipedia, Anyway? is a refutation of the idea that "[t]he bulk of Wikipedia is written by 1400 obsessed...
Memorial Day, 2009
It has been nearly five years since I honored here two family members who gave the "last full measure of devotion" in France during...
Feedback
I know why I write , but why do you read? Because writing is an essential part of the way I think, and blogging is the best...
Powdered Herring, Anyone?
Wolfram|Alpha is in its infancy , and like any baby it can be quite cute. Like this example Janet discovered while trying to...
Will Someone Please Save Us from Ourselves?
As if I don't already have a huge backblog, Jon keeps posting things in Google Reader/Facebook that I think those who can't see them...
The Right to Be Wrong
Daniel Hauser, a 13-year-old boy with cancer, is being forced to receive treatment that both he and his parents have refused....
I Know It When I See It
It seems appropriate that Katherine Dalton's The Immoral Life of Children should appear on the Front Porch Republic just after a...
Supreme Court Nominations, with a Little Humor
For every presidential election in recent history (meaning at least the last 30), I have had one overriding concern: the...
***Warning*** Time Sink Ahead
As if Wolfram|Alpha weren't enough to lure me away from productive work, Phil (not the Phil who comments here) posts this news story....
Wolfram|Alpha
James Burke's first Connections series drove home the idea that change in one area can have unexpected impact in far different...
The Four-Hour Workweek
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9 - 5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich , by Timothy Ferriss (Crown Publishers, New York,...