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  • Tolkien’s Odd Alternate Ending to ‘The Lord of the Rings’

    Tolkien’s Odd Alternate Ending to ‘The Lord of the Rings’0

    There are many reasons J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings is considered one of the greatest stories of all-time. (It was voted the best book of the 20th century in a UK readers’ poll a decade and a half ago, and not for the first time.)    I’m convinced that one of

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  • Tolkien’s Fatherly Advice to His Son on Sex

    Tolkien’s Fatherly Advice to His Son on Sex0

    J.R.R. Tolkien is known today for best-selling novels in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit. But all of Tolkien’s time was not spent dreaming up tales of Middle-Earth. In fact, he was creating a more realistic story through the life he lived with his wife and four children: John, Michael, Christopher, and

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  • Tolerance or Respect?

    Tolerance or Respect?33

    • March 21, 2016

    Respect is (1) an alternative to tolerance and (2) the better one. It is an alternative because it concerns the same issue: how to live with fellow humans who appear to be identically constituted in their need to formulate opinions and to assert them in speech (not always in that order) but disparately developed in

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  • Toilet Paper Derangement Syndrome: It’s Here and It’s Real

    Toilet Paper Derangement Syndrome: It’s Here and It’s Real0

    I was at the dentist’s office last week for a checkup when Dr. H came in wearing his usual colorful smock. He poked around in my mouth, and then said to his assistant, “Number 15 is going to have to come out.” “Number 15?” I asked. “The molar at the back on the top left.

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  • Today’s Young Voters Are Embracing Socialism for a Very Good Reason

    Today’s Young Voters Are Embracing Socialism for a Very Good Reason0

    Election time is nearing and individuals young and old are making their list, checking it twice, and… deciding which candidates are worthy of support. The younger generation is especially getting into the spirit of things, most recently evidenced by Taylor Swift’s endorsement of candidates in her home state. Naturally, this surge of civic responsibility seems like

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  • Today’s Schools Are Passing Kids Even When They Fail

    Today’s Schools Are Passing Kids Even When They Fail2

    • August 3, 2015

    Are schools increasingly passing students on to the next grade despite poor performance in class? That’s the issue recently explored by Jay Matthews in the Washington Post. Matthews describes the experiences of one parent who knew her daughter was deliberately ignoring her school work, yet was rewarded with a passing grade by her teacher: “A

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