Stuff in the Basement

There are plenty of other things worth going to war about. The loss of church libraries is no omen of coming of the "end times." I...

“My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.   When can I go and meet with God?” The Ghost Dance, one of the saddest religions of all time,...

  World War II vets are almost all gone now, as is, some might say, their spirit and service. We do well to remember them, and the horrors o...

Look, if you ask me, the whole mess begins with a candidate for President of these United States who, after being told he lost the President...

"According to a new poll from CNN, a majority of Americans want to see a verdict in the Jan. 6 case before they vote in the election. I...

It's elusive like the wind. It takes over your life--you can hardly stand or sit or try to move; there are times when it's barely th...

  Fannie Lou Hamer Seems to me you have to cut LBJ some slack on this one. He didn't ask to be President. Didn't run for it. Came in...

“As the deer pants for streams of water,  so my soul pants for you, O God.” I’m not sure what I’m about to say is instructive or merely se...

Seems to me that if you lived anywhere close to Mildred Armstrong Kalish--call her "Millie," why don't you?'--life was goo...

Nevertheless, while the attack on Judge Bradley was undoubtedly inspired by outside agitators, of whom "Mother Bloor" was one of t...

E verything changed in high school. I was the first to have a sideburn, even though I hadn't touched a razor blade. My shoulders broaden...

Scars turn white, right? Well, not this one. For reasons known only to God, mine stayed proud and red as a banner and therefore totally domi...

  “I have seen a wicked and ruthless man  flourishing like a green tree in its native soil,  but he soon passed away and was no more;  thoug...

When Cain murdered Abel, God planted a mark on his forehead to signify that he had sinned grievously. The mark was to stay with him for the ...

Twisted rails--a monument at the museum at Westerbork One more time for a different platform--this terrific book I just read. The essay is t...

I couldn't help thinking that the focus was off on this shot of a sparrow outside my window--and it may well be. But the portrait also f...