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Be the Politician You Wish to See in the World
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Politics
- August 7, 2026

In 2014, I was a prompter for a local homeschool poetry festival. With copies of all the poems to be recited, from pre-K kids to highschoolers, I sat in the front row, ready to provide a word or a line from the poem if someone on stage lost their train of thought. That evening, I
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This summer I once again drove six hours one-way for a physical with my doctor. For years, four of his six children were in my homeschooling seminars, taking courses like composition, Latin, literature, and history, all the way to the AP level. He was my youngest son’s basketball coach and a major mentor in his
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Depending on which study you choose to believe, the average person complains anywhere from three to 30 times a day. Some people rarely complain, which means that others smash right through that ceiling. Complaining seems a part of human nature. In my case, I rarely complain about the weather, because I can’t do anything about
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On a recent Saturday morning seven of my grandchildren from two different families came to my apartment for an ice cream breakfast, now a once-or-twice a year Grandpa tradition. After they’d eaten their fill of ice cream covered with fruits, chocolate chips, butterscotch or chocolate syrup, and whipped cream topped with the customary cherry, we
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