It ain’t over until after it’s over

February 27, 2017 Blame the accountants. What a royal blunder: “And the Academy Award for Best Picture goes to… La La Land.” Oops; no, not really. What? Jordan Horowitz, one of the producers of La La Land, corrected Warren Beatty: “There’s a mistake; Moonlight: you guys won Best Picture. This is not a joke…” Give …

Did Washington have a ReBirthday?

February 20, 2017 Happy Holidays. It’s not Christmas any more, it’s “Holidays,” because others have their minds on Kwanzaa, or Hanukkah, or the Winter Solstice. Accommodate everyone, with an inane alternative. Today, it’s Happy Holidays time: it’s the third Monday of February, so you can lean toward Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, or George Washington’s birthday… or …

I know mine; do you know yours?

February 13, 2017 When the story of the 2010s is added to American history, it may be said that it was a decade in which the Cold War was no longer waged between nations, but – instead – between worldviews. A worldview isthe framework from which we view reality and make sense of life and …

Which is tougher? Cigars out, or Gospel in?

February 6, 2017 I’ll bet I know where you were – and, what you were doing – at/about 6:30pm yesterday (EST). The world was noshing on nachos – or, crunching fresh veggies w/hummus – getting ready for kick-off; I was open-roading between a distant church and a demanding night flight out of LAX when my …