Throughout the pandemic, I’ve followed the science. I understand science changes as we learn more–which is how I know the… Read more Trusting the Science
Category: Concerned Human
Blog writing from my perspective as just a plain old human
Combating (unacknowledged) Totalitarianism
Yesterday I had the option on Minnesota Public Radio of listening to a story marking a year since the murder… Read more Combating (unacknowledged) Totalitarianism
Stop Trying to “Help the Environment”
I often hear other people say they are “helping the environment.” Whenever I hear this phrase I’m a little disheartened.… Read more Stop Trying to “Help the Environment”
On This Good Friday
Good Friday and Easter Sunday is a time of renewal and rebirth for Christians—a time for spring (at least in… Read more On This Good Friday
Bearing False Witness
I’d like to write about the Ten Commandments. Specifically, I’d like to write about number nine: You shall not bear… Read more Bearing False Witness
In His Face
In his faceWas painAs the angry mob crushed him against the door frameChanting “Stop the steal!” In his facewas disbeliefAs… Read more In His Face
Have We Failed the Marshmallow Test?
Are you familiar with the marshmallow test? This is a 1972 study by Stanford psychologist Walter Mischel. Young children were… Read more Have We Failed the Marshmallow Test?
In Their Own Words
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and… Read more In Their Own Words
The Courage to Compromise
We often seek strong leaders. It seems that during much of my memory, and maybe our country’s history we have… Read more The Courage to Compromise
My God It’s Full of Stars
Our lives are in the soil. Mycorrhizal networks in the soil exist throughout the earth—from arctic to tropical biomes and… Read more My God It’s Full of Stars