A day in a rural Rwandan community with five artisans
Aristotle coined the phrase, “The soul never thinks without an image.”
I think of those seven words often, including...
A new mattress; Farewell Jimmy; Small-town cops
A few odds and ends as we — my wife and I — recover from a wonderful journey only to catch some varied...
A nothing special day
Last Friday was a fairly quiet, nothing special day. The last business day before a holiday usually is.
The...
Angelkeep Journals: A chance of 10,000 lifetimes
What are the chances of a native, common, juvenile, red-tailed hawk spending an entire hour posing on the Angelkeep patio two to...
Permit-less carry handcuffs law officers
During the second quarter of this year, about one-fifth of the Madison County residents who applied for handgun permits were turned down...
In search of the Big 5 on east African safari
As we rounded the corner on the dirt road in our green Toyota Land Cruiser safari car, almost out of nowhere I...
What if?
What if we took seriously the reported test results for Indiana students that demonstrated a significant negative impact on reading and math...
Angelkeep Journals: Spawning bluegills hatched digressions and name-droppings
Shallow waters of a swale inlet for Angelpond’s fresh water refill became a perfect spot for a bluegill to decide to spawn....
We lack only the will to fix immigration
Immigration may be a difficult problem but that does not preclude a solution — that is, assuming there is the political will...
Indiana’s hospital monopolies are worsening
I gave testimony this week in front of the state’s new Health Care Cost Oversight Task Force. The commitee had asked me...