It’s Wednesday, November 6, 2024. Donald Trump is president-elect. The sun rose in the east and a light rain trickled on my windshield as I drove to the gym. I received an email from work saying that it is “Stress Awareness Day”. That brings a smile to my face. I listen to the radio to … More Somewhere in This Dust Heap There’s a Richness
At times, it can seem almost trite to say something is in the cultural zeitgeist, or to use the contemporary parlance, is “having a moment”. What qualifies as such? It smacks of marketing sensationalism and influencer-era hyperbole. But it would be difficult to argue that the focus of the 2024 presidential election hasn’t aimed its … More Policy Won’t Win Over Young Men
On Friday evenings twenty years ago, my grandfather—the paragon Hoosier basketball fanatic—would trek the short two-block divide between his home and my parents’ home in our small, southern Indiana town. I—an emerging fanatic in my own right—would be waiting in my parents’ driveway practicing free throws and left-handed layups. He would stop near the edge … More Is It Just a Game?
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