Born: 03.09.02 � Abrianna Marie Petrillo, 9lb. 10oz. at 10:20am, St. Mary’s Hospital, Amsterdam, NY to Trish and Matt, the proud parents. Congratulations and God bless.

The life of the mind requires critical reading and reflective thought about the basic ideas and issues of life. Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like an ant instead of human beings. Ants have fixed lives and certain things they can do. Humans have freedom of mind to choose what…

This old Bruce Hornsby song makes me think of our cultures’ fondness for saying “that’s just how it is, I can’t do anything about that” even when everything inside of us screams that it should not be so. I think of people like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther. She stood for racial equality and said,…

“India is so a continent!” – Josh Lee at a Trivial Pursuit game tonight.