From the monthly archives:

January 2009

To Tell the Truth

January 31, 2009

On a recent school day morning, my family had a rather challenging, uh, discussion.  Yeah, let’s call it a discussion.  The subject was reality.  No, we didn’t set out to or admit to discussing reality but that’s what the actual issue was.
The purported topic was whether or not our kitchen clock should be set ten [...]

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How Not to Miss the Mark

January 23, 2009

Guess what I found most shocking during inauguration week?
Not the crowds or the speeches or who wore what.  The shock was that I heard TWO interviews with Shepard Fairey, the designer of the iconic Obama “Hope” poster.  I randomly caught him on “The Colbert Report” and an extended interview on NPR’s “Fresh Air.”  A [...]

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The Art of the Airplane

January 19, 2009

Last week’s landing of a plane on the Hudson River has been widely celebrated as an event full of heroism, skilled flying and a big dose of luck. The first thing I thought of “miraculous.”  It was certainly a moving scene to see the passengers appear to be walking on water to their rescuers.
But here’s [...]

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