This weekend, President Obama will again visit our area. This time, he will be the speaker at Notre Dame’s commencement ceremony, a move that has stirred up some pretty major controversy in this area. Most Catholics are pro-life. So since Father Jenkins and the prestigious Catholic university, Notre Dame, invited President Obama to speak, this…

You know, after all these years, I am still a Trekkie. In my junior high days with my best friend, Jay Morrone, we would have lengthy discussions at the lunch table with one of our teachers Phil VanKleeck about worm holes and the space time continuum and whether Jean Luc Picard was a better captain…

Earlier today, I had a bowl on my desk which had rice and steamed vegetables from the local Chinese place. The following conversation took place between me and Asher, the curious and highly energetic five-year-old son of my friends Matt & Nicole King. Asher – Was that rice in your bowl? Joshua – Yup. Asher…

Trees are budding, tulips have shown their bright happy faces and the lawns are green again. Life has returned to the midwest and summer will be here before we know it. The rains have come as well, and for whatever reason in the midst of all the colors of new life, I still feel melancholic…