Beyond Good and Evil or, The God that Failed
Sean MurphyMillard Fuller, the founder of Habitat for Humanity, has passed away. Obit from Washington Post here. His story, self-made millionaire who gives away his money to the needy and actually…
Send in the clowns
What happens when you've jumped the shark and thrown up everything and the kitchen sink? Call a plumber, of course. Joe the Plumber advises GOP-ers. No, really. The more I look…
The Day the Music Died
Fifty years. The loss of three rock and roll pioneers inspired one of the great rock songs, courtesy of Don McLean. Not sure what more can or should be said.…
Ars Moriendi
Or, the art of dying. Of course, a treatise like this made a great deal of sense in the 15th Century, while memories of the Black Death still lingered in…
The Intellectual Super Bowl: Frank Rich, still undefeated
MVP! MVP! MVP! If, like me, you were unable to get through a day this past fall without visiting at least a half dozen (often more) blogs, sites and newspapers (Glenn…
48 years ago, today
On Feb. 1, 1960, four black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., where they'd been refused service.