by Susan Barreto | Jun 6, 2020 | Commentary
Photo by Carl Larson/Pexels Dandelions. You don’t see them that often anymore, or is that just me? I remember as kids we used to goof around with dandelions until our fingers were stained yellowish green. We made necklaces, crowns, bracelets and just had a blast on...
by George L. Murphy | May 9, 2020 | Commentary
Photo by Jason Coleman via Unsplash Telegraph means writing at a distance, television means seeing at a distance, and there are other words with the tele- prefix for new technologies. Telecommunion is one I just coined (I think) to mean communion, the Lord’s Supper,...
by Grace Wolf-Chase | Apr 13, 2020 | Commentary
Photo by Pixabay via Pexels “I do not like the idea of starting a book and not getting to read the final chapter. At this stage in my life, though, I have to accept that the questions of the ultimate fate of our society, and the discovery of life elsewhere in the...
by George L. Murphy | Mar 15, 2020 | Commentary
In his “Evolution and Mystery: Confessions of a Darwinian Skeptic,” Shedinger doesn’t define the “growing and respected intellectual movement” to which he refers in his first paragraph. On further reading, however, it seems likely that it’s the intelligent design...
by George L. Murphy | Feb 10, 2020 | Commentary
The extent to which religious beliefs of public school students should be respected in science classes has long been debated. Attempts to prohibit teaching of evolution or other controversial topics have been rejected by the courts. But of course that doesn’t mean...
by Susan Barreto | Dec 11, 2019 | Commentary
Photo by Frank V. via Unsplash Alexa seems to know what I want to watch and when, Google search seems to know my wishes too when I search for my favorite restaurant online and perhaps even more interesting is that even the success of my 401(k) investments will...
