Jigsaw puzzles, the joy and the frustration of hours of our lives.
I have loved and learned from them. Geography with the states, countries, capital cities all framed as pieces for small fingers to fit together...
American Insights
Hope, Work, Spirit: From my book Better Angels, out now
The past will not always illuminate the ideal, and the present may seem destined for...
The Reel News
Pictured is Keaton from Missouri with this awesome White River Rainbow trout
Beaver Tailwaters report:
When I said last week that Summer would return, here we...
Esoteric Astrology as news for week August 13 – 19, 2025
Rule of Law, Humanity & Self Rule – Regulus, the Royal Law Giver
As the US president issues Rule of Law in Washington, D.C.,...
The Coffee Table
For Love of a Pineapple
Last week I gave away most of my plants. A mother-son team drove from Springdale to the wilds of Carroll...
Land in our Hands
The town where the misfits fit, redux
“President McKinley’s name is on the deed to this house, and I got in here about ‘75-‘76. Something...
Hall Closets
No doubt, I have attended more than my fair-share of Razorback athletic events and am grateful for all the tickets that came my way...
This Week’s Independent Thinker
Yes! Magazine was first published in 1996 and last published this June.
We scoured Yes! every week because it paid attention to Greta Thunberg before...
American Insights
“A State of Becoming”: From My Book Better Angels
History reminds us that Americans are just people: capable of love and hate, compassion and cruelty,...
Back Porch Thoughts
Cool August mornings – words that seldom go together – force one’s mind away from the heavy and hurtful issues that are there on...