The View from This Seat

Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 51, the bill which would make a new state out of most of Washington, D.C. Even prio...

For decades I have greatly admired the life and work of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, but the only blog post I have made primarily about him was ...

Earlier this month, Dr. Jane Goodall celebrated her 87 th birthday. Born in London in 1934, the famous anthropologist spent much of her lif...

Communication is hard—for many reasons, one being that the same word sometimes has quite different meanings. Apology is one such word, and ...

It was quite rare for me, but the other night after a movie June and I watched that evening, I not only dreamed about the film but also lay ...

Do you believe in majority rule? That is, should a 51% (or even 50.1%) affirmative vote decide who wins an election or what decisions pass a...

This coming Sunday is Easter, and I would like to post something uplifting and inspiring about that extra-special day for Christian believer...