Is It the Trump Party?
After a recent talk I was asked questions about the future of the Republican Party. The ultimate question seemed to be: is its future in the hands of Donald Trump? My answer was a qualified no. The...
View ArticleChesapeake Film Festival’s Best Story: Thinking Like a Watershed
It’s rare for me to wake up in the morning thinking about a film I saw the night before. And that has never happened to me when the co-star was a beaver—yes that rather large furry rodent that builds...
View ArticleClimate: Risks, Rewards, and Nonsense
As a child I built little dams along ditches that channeled runoff from rain and then watched as the water built up behind my sticks and stones until it pushed through. Later I became aware of...
View ArticleGlenn Youngkin, Virginia’s Governor-Elect
The case against Glenn Youngkin, the Governor-Elect of Virginia: he didn’t denounce Trump. The case for: he didn’t denounce Trump. I would make the latter case. Perhaps a strange position for me; I...
View ArticleCriminal or Not? Beneficial or Not?
My wife and I recently came back from a road trip in Missouri to visit friends and family. As much as I like back roads we did travel some on Interstates 44 and 70 and that is where this column began....
View ArticleWhat’s in a Name?
The name Winsome took me back quite a few decades to those magic moments when my wife, Marty, was pregnant. Driving trips in particular were absorbed in discussions about naming. And this was a time,...
View ArticleWashington College: Culture Leads Leaders Follow
This column is adapted from a recent talk at Washington College’s Institute for Religion, Politics and Culture. Culture Leads Leaders Follow, a book I wrote, was published in 2015. This is an excerpt...
View ArticleThe Deep Places
The Deep Places, a book by Ross Douthat, might take you deeper than you want to go. Douthat tells a painful story and he tells it in candid and rapid moving detail. He takes the reader to deep places....
View ArticleCount-Up: 227>300>412
The baseline, 227 parts per million was pre-industrial; the ascent tracks the industrial and agricultural revolutions. The content: carbon dioxide (CO2) in the earth’s atmosphere. The trap: “CO2 and...
View ArticleClosing Thoughts on 2021
Friends and Family Many of us have seen friendships and even family relations fracture due to political differences. As David French pointed out in a recent commentary, we have very little influence on...
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