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Every year, one of our favorite December traditions is to go to the annual Disney Candlelight Processional. It’s hosted at Epcot, and for lack of better words, it’s just so, so great. Everyone is wished a happy Hanukkah, merry Christmas, and a happy new year. That indeed is
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Some days it’s especially hard to hold all the tensions of the time… Even in less than 24 hours… Last Saturday afternoon, at 4:22 pm their time, Brown University in Providence, RI notified its community of an active shooter. The gunman entered an engineering building while final exams
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What do we do when see life crumbling around someone near to us? Better yet, what do we do when we see life crumbling to a public figure — to one we don’t know but in some ways, feel like we do? Those in the sports world refocused their attention
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Recently we discussed the concept of something being a lack of rocket science, meaning it’s not all that complicated and thus not too difficult to understand. One societal attribute that isn’t rocket science is that we generally don’t like to wait; we don’t like to stand
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“Making movies” says Julia Roberts. “Makeup” says Cindy Crawford. Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler says “rock and roll”… former North Dakota Sen. Byron Morgan, not permitting drinking and driving… Dave Ramsey, “personal finance”… personal trainer Bob Harper, “weight loss”… Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff co-author Kristine Carlson,
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I feel like we struggle with how to respond to the refugee, especially when we consider individual vs. collective response. Change the word “respond” if you wish — to handle, care for, whatever-word-makes-sense-to-you-here. But I’m not certain we always know what’s wisest and
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As long noted here, the question mark is the only punctuation piece that invites a response. Here are the first 75 questions we saw journalists ask this past month. Note that not everyone is comfortable inviting responses… 1. The A.I. Boom Has Found Another Gear. Why Can't
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[As it originally appeared 9 years ago...] It was 1863… January first brought us The Second Battle of Galveston. Three companies of Union forces under the command of Col. Isaac S. Burrell were captured or killed both on land and by sea by the armies of Maj. Gen. John B.
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Gratitude is too good to limit it to a single day. My strong sense is that it might be wise to maximize the upcoming holiday. In fact, the happiest, most content people I know also just happen to be generous givers of gratitude. There’s no question about it. They
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No doubt college sports are a big deal. No doubt within that big deal, college football is the most prominent — both in terms of individual program value and overall sport revenue. As we near the climatic bowl season, one football player recently stood out to me… although for reasons, dare
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One thing true of the Intramuralist is that we’ve never endorsed a single political candidate in our 17 year existence. Since none have yet to walk on water, we have found few worth fawning over. We have, however, articulated respectful, constructive criticism of various persons. But today I must
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With the government shutdown end and impact now in sight, allow us to conclude with one our briefest blog posts, as it’s not difficult to say what needs to be said… First, allow us to provide factually, non-emotional context as to why this shutdown existed… The U.S.