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The Illogic of a Passionate President
President Obama has finally taken action on gun violence. Billed as one of the most cerebral presidents in history – jokingly compared to Spock on more than one occasion – he has apparently gotten in touch with his human half. The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and numerous other news outlets ran photos of…
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Silver Stars: An Epiphany Story
There is a street I pass on my daily commute called Tanglewilde. I’ve never driven down it, but the name pretty well describes my home life for the past half-year. Things got dicey on Memorial Day when the rain came down in such torrents that the street in front of my house became a river. …
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Choosing Love Over Fear: U2 in Paris
Now that the Fall Semester is over, I finally got a chance to watch the return of U2 to Paris after their concerts were cancelled in the aftermath of the terrible, November terrorist attacks. All…I…can…say…is…WOW! As you know, I earlier took issue with the boys from Dublin because of the automatic Songs of…
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H-Town Diary: The Pathways of November
I know it seems like civilization is falling to pieces, and that we cannot agree on anything, and that uncertainty can fill up a little too much real estate in your head. And that even though Houston seems far away from Paris and Beirut and Tel Aviv, that things are so terrible all over, and…