From Frederick Buechner: Buechner's 'Like a Far-Away Uncle With Tons of Wisdom and Experience...'
Part-time Writer, Part-time Christian, Part-time Pig
Was the Apostle Paul Mentally Ill?
On Doubt, Faith, and On Paying Attention to Your Life
Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary, By Listening to Your Life
Buechner Fans on Facebook (more than 2000 strong)
From Me
Reflections on Year's End, Winter Mortality, Reason for Writing, Blogging
Adoptive Children Connect the Dots to a Common Humanity
What Keeps Me Going: A Mysterious Sense of Grace
'Reflections on Anger, Depression, Validation and Invalidation in Individuals, Families, Organizations, Societies, National and World Politics
Recalling Ignorant and Fanatical Responses to "Inherit the Wind' and 'The Learning Tree'
I am 20% Evil. How Evil Are You?
My Grandmother's Mental Illness
I'm Neither a Political or Religious Fundamentalist of the Right or of the Left
Compilations of What Others Have Said Or Created That Have Moved Me Or Made Me Think:
Happiness is contagious and spreads in social networks. http://tinyurl.com/5pjlxh
How to Define 'Happiness"? Are You Happy?
Interview With God: http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/viewmovie.html
'You Only Pass This Way Once' Photo Essay.
There is a Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven
Moses and the Original 15 Commandments
Bill Cosby: Noah's Ark
Beware the Shadow
by Barbara O'BrienThe Buddhist Path
Why I Ditched Buddhism by John Horgan
Sometimes Just Surviving Feels Like Miracle
Steve Jobs: 'Remember That You'll Be Dead Soon
On narrowmindedness
Mail Your Secret on a Postcard
Fascinating Art Project. Play in the works. Obviously a lot of quiet desperation out there. It's hard to stop reading. Click.
Remembering Dag HammarskjoldTrouble
The Ability of One Person to Make A Difference
'I am done with big institutions'
The trail-hiker's guide to the workplace
The Inevitably of Political Corruption
'Power Corrupts, and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely'
'Socialism for the Rich and Brutal Capitalism for the Poor'
Mindset of Youth Vs. Mindset of Middle Age, Old Age
How Not to Persuade People: Admit Nothing, Deny Everything, Launch Counter-allegations
If you're a liberal, here's how to send people rushing to the side of your adversaries....
If you're a conservative, here's how to send people rushing into the arms of your opponents
Hyper-Partisans Go Off the Deep End
Hyper-partisans, says Scott Payne, are mainly LAZY: "...hyper-partisanship requires very little of us, aside from a willingness to swaddle conventional wisdom in the cloths of self-righteous arrogance. Inasmuch as the human condition is lined with greater demonstrations of sinking to common denominators than rising to potential expectations, the Durdenesque fight club of hyper-partisanship is a sadly predictable state of affairs." Hyperpartisans should be mocked. Well-reasoned dissenting opinions deserve respect.
G.D. Gearino: My Candidate Vs. Yours
Sometimes Blogging Feels Like This...Monty Python's 'Argument Clinic'
Scott Adams on How (Not) to Argue Online
Remembering William F. Buckley: 1968 Tussle With Gore Vidal; David Frye Impression
How Inspiring Are Obama's Speeches, Really? On Speechwriting and Plagiarism
America Stands Divided, Polarized
The Surprising Political Philosophies of Classical Music Composers
Explaining and Accepting Political Differences
Fact vs. Interpretation, the Enlightened vs. Barbarians
Intemperate, 'Shoot from the Lip' Remarks As a Political Strategy
Does Racial Prejudice Predict Voting?
Real Life, Real People Do Not Conform Neatly to Political Stereotypes
Recognizing Propaganda Techniques and Errors of Faulty Logic
Debater's Trick: Create Straw Man, Then Shoot Him Down
We Need Better Ways of Discussing Politics
Diplomatic skill is necessary in any civilized political give-and-take, as it is in parenting
'We Live in an Age When Arguing Is Far More Popular and Prevalent Than Illumination'
