A couple of days ago I once again watched my favorite version of Dickens’s,   A Christmas Carol . The musical one starring Albert Finney....

NOTE: This is an essay I wrote back in 2016 with only slight revisions to reflect the passage of time. It is hard to believe that this is...

When I was teaching graduate school, one of the courses I taught was Program Evaluation. In it I taught mid-level executives how to...

I long lived in two different worlds: one world I take to work with me and is presented as my socially acceptable self. That self, if...

Last month I went to see my nephrologist (kidney doctor). I’ve been seeing a nephrologist all my life because a rare kidney disease runs...

I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, and wild and sweet the words repeat of peace on earth, good-will to...

Author’s note: This review was written in the years before the rise of Donald Trump, the MAGA movement, and the mainstreaming of...

The Professor's Note: I know this is a bit esoteric, but sometimes a bit of philosophy is needed. There is no question more fundamental...

A Few Thoughts for our Anniversary. Tomorrow will be the thirty-sixth anniversary of the day Paula and I were married. On one hand that...

I must admit, turning 60 seems to be important to me. I know it’s silly, but I think life circumstances have led to this feeling more...

As some of my readers already know, I have been a minister and a college professor, but the bulk of my career I worked as an educational...

It seems that we have most definitely moved into a slower speed phase of life. Yesterday we went to our grandson’s 6th Birthday...