One of our greatest treasures is being stolen. This is not good.

There have been three incidents in my adult life when something was taken from me or a family member. At least that I know of. The first of those happened in St. Louis back in the days when most cars had a radio antenna. My wife and I came out of a shopping center to […]
Names are important. Let’s get them right.

I don’t remember how old I was when I learned that names have meaning — probably grade school. But I do remember that the first thing I wanted to know was what my name meant. There was no Google (a number of almost infinite size, which is not just about the information they provide but […]
Give us more! The woke and Turkish Delight.

In The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, the best known book in The Chronicles of Narnia, there is a boy named Edmund. Edmund has two sisters, Lucy and Susan, and a brother named Peter. Edmund, we learn, is a big fan of the candy called Turkish Delight. All four siblings are exploring an old […]