Posts by M C
Chances Are
I’m offering a challenge this week. The first part of the challenge is to recall three or four people who have come into your life in the past ten years and whose friendship has made a positive difference. How many of those new friendships began with a chance encounter? The second part of the challenge…
Read MoreQuestions That Deserve Answers
I have some questions for Donald Trump. Reliable sources report that Trump has admitted three times recently that he lost to Joe Biden in 2020 “by a whisker.” My main question, then, is what was the point of the January 6th attack on the Capitol? Having admitted that you knew you were lying, what do…
Read MoreGolf
I find it both odd and fascinating how sports can, at times, stir feelings akin to the sacred, even a sense of the holy. One of my first experiences of awe while engaged in a sport happened when I was a grad student in Scotland, the country most associated with the beginnings…
Read MorePutin & Ukraine
I am calling on our two US senators, Todd Young and Mike Braun, as well as Indiana’s US representatives to publicly repudiate Trump’s deeply disturbing support of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. In case you haven’t paid attention, Trump called Putin’s invasion “genius” and “savvy.” I am also calling on all Republicans to accept what would…
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