My editor is in Gulf Shores. You may see more commas and errors than usual. Sad State of Affairs. The occurrence of mass shootings last weekend was sickening to me. My personal examination of the situations makes me believe in the need to see deeper causes than “racism” or “white Read more…
Retirement. If you are wondering whether or not retirement is a good life, take a look at this beautiful picture sent by one of my readers. It is a view out the window of his retirement home in Montana. I have never regretted my change from teaching. Jeny has not Read more…
The blog was not distributed last week due to technical errors. I hope it is fixed. Jerry
By now, everyone probably knows Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars this year. Chris made a joke about Will Smith’s wife and Will reacted by walking onto the stage and slapping Chris with an open hand. Will was condemned and punished for the action. I have seen and Read more…
I struggled with my thoughts about transgender participation in sport. I have had no direct experience with anyone who is transgender. I have never talked in depth with anyone who has first-hand knowledge of transgender people. I have good friends and several family members who are gay. I am much Read more…
Brief blog: My life got complicated. Some good news, some not so good. Consequently, my blog is brief this week. The good news began with visits from family. Andrea Tilstra, our oldest granddaughter was in the United States for a conference in Atlanta. She is a postdoctoral researcher at Oxford Read more…
Misinformation. A headline caught my eye this week – “Woke church won’t use hymns written by White people.” The headline was misleading. The church was not going to stop singing hymns written by white people. It was going to fast from hymns written by White people during Lent. The authors Read more…
Faith. March Madness is over and we are now in the seasons of Passover and Easter. These are two important events of for people of faith. I wish everyone a meaningful season. KU –Carolina Basketball. I got my wish – great basketball games on championship weekend. Saturday’s games were fun Read more…
Psychological Illusions. Watching the NCAA Men’s Tournament, I was reminded of an experience I had during my time at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I worked there for six months in 1990. Unlike football obsessed Alabama, North Carolina is basketball country. Charlotte had excellent noon-time basketball games. I Read more…
Monetary Inflation. Inflation is a major problem for all of us. I believe too many people have simplistic answers to why monetary inflation is occurring. Inflation is not caused by one person or anything that can be described by one word. Inflation is complicated. I am not an economist. In Read more…