Being Whole

In Spain the young American John Graves traveled in hopes of finding his “voice” as a writer. Like many budding artists who were veterans in those post WW II years, he was searching, and western Europe seemed a good place for his quest. During 1953-’54 he took a sailing trip with his friend Pepe Mut

A Christian Nation

Recently I have read that some folks want America to be declared a Christian nation. They erroneously reason that the country was founded as a Christian nation but has lost its way, so they argue that now is the time to correct its course by such a declaration. If enough elected officials desired it, I

A Modest Proposal (Thank you J. Swift)

Some years ago the movie The Full Monty popularized the British slang phrase meaning the full amount or to remove all clothing for full exposure, especially in a male striptease. As our elected school board members ponder how to, if at all, adopt the Virginia Department of Education policy concerning the treatment of LGBTQ students,