Lefty, Scooter, and Hankus Pankus: Three Baseball Legends
Mark Richardson — My late fall/early winter reading has recently focused on classic fiction, Tolstoy and Mann, but I have found time to squeeze in three baseball [...]
January 2017
How Much Is Enough?
Bob Bates — Most thinking humans for a long time have known an effective societal problem-solving process: (1) identify needs, (2) identify ways these can be met, (3) [...]
Witnessing the End of a Family Farm: Twenty-Five Ways to Say Goodbye
Richard Quinney — I am a witness to the ending of a family farm in Wisconsin. This is the farm that was started in 1868 by my great-grandparents and farmed by the [...]
My Day on Jury Duty for a Death Penalty Case
Jeff Berger — Last October I was called to jury duty. When the judge announced what the case was about, I felt a chill go down my spine. It was a well-known [...]
The Dylann Roof Trial: First-Hand Reflections and Assessment
Dave Gillespie — The verdict came in around mid-afternoon Thursday, December 15, just a couple of hours after the lawyers completed their closing statements and the [...]
