An Hour A Day

Today is the last day of my first year here.  I've moved out of the adorable tiny house I rented this year from a professor on sabbatica...

Today is the 300th birthday of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, born June 28, 1712, in Geneva.  I teach a "single philosopher" course on ...

Last Sunday afternoon I went with my dear friend Keith to a church ice cream social in celebration of the 175th anniversary of the Put...

In the pleasant afterglow of the Prindle Institute happiness retreat that I attended two weeks ago, I have been on the prowl for more insigh...

Yesterday I had, to quote Judith Viorst, "a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day."  A big project that I had screwed up royal...

In books, especially in books for children, the main character faces some problem that is usually solved by her coming to learn some truth a...

I'm working on revising and expanding the paper I gave at the conference in China, "Wimpy Boys and Spunky Girls: The Image of the G...