Nathan and Aaron had their season-end Upward ceremony this morning at church. Many dedicated people work long and hard to make an Upward season happen, and I think the size of this one took a lot of people by surprise. I’m extremely thankful for all of the volunteers’ efforts, and my meager contributions—an occasional coach … Read more
General Motors announced this week that its negotiations to sell the Hummer brand to a Chinese company have fallen through, and barring a Saab-Stryker-type save, it seems highly likely the brand will die. (Cue exaggerated rejoicing from the usual quarters.) Yeah, yeah, rape the planet and all that, but the bottom line is that Hummers … Read more
Today, dear readers, I invite you to enjoy one of my favorite short stories: Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. If you have read it already, please reread it. (It’ll be good again. I promise.) It will take you 10 or 15 minutes at the most, but it will stay with you for the rest … Read more