by Bob Darrow | Oct 15, 2012 | The Public Humanist
Someone is going to have to bail us out. Preferably a lot of someones. Or we are not going to make it. Let me invite you to look in on a typical scene, which could be picked from any one of dozens of meetings I’ve sought out in recent months, sitting across a...
by Hayley Wood | Oct 22, 2012 | The Public Humanist
My husband, son and I just returned from a two-week European trip, mostly in the Netherlands with a side journey to the city of Metz, capitol of the Lorraine province in Northeast France, very close to Belgium, Germany, and Luxembourg. We were able to do this because...
by James Heflin | Oct 4, 2012 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Moving is like childbirth in, perhaps, just one respect: the results tend to make the traumatic difficulty of the event itself fade in memory. I’m speaking out of school, of course, as one who’s only watched childbirth, so take that for the half-baked...
by James Heflin | Oct 10, 2012 | Ten Gallon Liberal
If we can afford a war, we can spare a dime for a few good muppets. I stand with Big Bird. Mitt loves him, but would fire him. What is it with conservatives and going after PBS? Are they afraid Masterpiece is finally going to wither the mighty hand of the market with...
by James Heflin | Oct 24, 2012 | Ten Gallon Liberal
I’ve always said we need to crack down on the illicit cheese trade. (And Clifton Fadiman is the source of the headline.)