Thursday miscellanea #407

Mary Tyler Moore has died at 80. Laura Petrie was the sexiest sitcom wife ever, and Mary Richards was one of the most groundbreaking characters in television history. Thank you and goodbye to a primary cultural force of the second half of the 20th century. RIP. This week I purchased some music I first encountered … Read more

Iron sharpens iron

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. – Proverbs 27:17 Sometimes we want our friends to be soft landing places. Sometimes it’s appropriate that they oblige. Other times we need them to hold us to account. We need them to remind us who we are; where we have cast our lot. To … Read more

How we disagree in 2017

I irritated a few of my friends yesterday. They took issue with the provenance and veracity of a political cartoon I shared. Good political cartoons are provocative and relatable by design, which is why I don’t consider it particularly important to share it here. Suffice to say there are plausible cases for and against it, mountable by reasonable people. … Read more

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