YOU CAN’T PRACTICE MAGIC WITHOUT MAGICIANS“While his school was closed due to an outbreak of plague in 1666–67, twenty-five-year-old Isaac Newton showed his professor, Isaac Barrow, what research he was conducting in his spare time. Barrow immediately gave up his job as a professor and became a student of Newton. What a noble gesture. What ethical behavior. When was the last time you heard of a professor vacating his post in favor of a b
A QUESTIONABLE OFFENSE“The human being must always be central, not the products and objects of his skill and energy.” ― Bernard Wolfe, Limbo It was about 8:30 last night, I was getting ready for the nightly family dog walk. The phone buzzed indicating an incoming text. Curious I picked up the phone to see who was texting. Gini Walker. Interesting, I hadn’t communicated with her for over a year. What could this be abou
IT WAS ALL JUST A DREAM“You’re nothing more than a clever prostitute. You accepted the conditions in which you found yourself and you triumphed.” ― E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime Growing up, the most popular show in the country was “Dallas”. For those of you too young to remember, “Dallas” was a nighttime soap centered on a Texas oil family and their many machinations. Each season ended with a cliffhanger, with the intent of h
WHOSE ZOOMING WHO?“You’ll never decide what you want until you’ve decided who you are.” ― Noël Coward Who’s in charge of education policy in Tennessee? It seems like a pretty straightforward question, right? Those with a passing knowledge might answer that it’s the General Assembly who set’s policy. Those with a little deeper knowledge might elaborate more by saying that the General Assembly expresses their priori
WHAT’S A SWEETHEART LIKE YOU, DOING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS?“Steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king.” – Bob Dylan “We got a lot of kings out here.” – TC Weber I’ve spent a lot of time this week trying to wrap my head around the relationship between money and
