Monthly Archives: April 2015

Advice to Young Poets…

  Poetry is something that is often badly taught or at least badly introduced when we are in high school by teachers who are not really passionate about such writing, and who use sterile and impersonal teachers’ editions that can … Continue reading

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The Backlash of Suspicion

I grew up going to church every Sunday morning, to church camp every summer, and Bible study every Wednesday evening. It was a protestant sect that had during the 1930’s broken away from The Disciples of Christ (founded by Thomas Campbell), … Continue reading

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Our Polarized Political Camps in America

I can’t remember another time in my life when Democrats and Republicans were so distant, one from the other. In the political arena, both have become stereotypes of their former selves so that the terms “liberal” and “conservative” have become … Continue reading

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