this article on the attitudes on college campuses in the u.s. towards the september 11th attacks prompted me to do some soul-searching. the author’s main point is that students and professors are stuck in a bubble of unreality because they are not actively advocating a violent retaliatory response, and that they are suggesting that the [...]

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yesterday i listened as my 2nd grade son casually explained the various ages of the earth. “first the earth had to cool off,” he said. “then there were a bunch of tiny little plants in the water, and they put almost all of the oxygen in the air.” he went on to describe the rise [...]

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