For many years I wrote about fiction, story, belief, ordinary life, and the questions that shaped my work. More than two thousand essays remain here—not because every one represents my current thinking, but because together they tell the story of a writer learning over time.
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Can Christianity Survive—With So Many Problems and Scandals?
Here’s the link to this article. By David Madison at 8/18/2023 2,000 years of momentum probably can’t save it Surely the clergy, those most in tune with God, must be the…
It was Thursday morning. Ray sat inside an attorney/client interview room next to Judge Broadside’s courtroom. Patience had always been an ephemeral idea, which, to Ray, made it…
Here’s the link to this article. Toward a Provisional Rational Decalogue MICHAEL SHERMER AUG 18, 2023 In my previous Skeptic column, Deconstructing the Decalogue, I offered a personal view on how…
Here’s the link to this article. LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN August 19, 2023 HEATHER COX RICHARDSON AUG 20, 2023 Various constitutional lawyers have been weighing in lately on…
Here’s the link to this article. by ADAM LEE AUG 17, 2023 Overview: Issue 1, a cynical attempt to persuade Ohioans to vote away their own power, goes down…
Kyla was backing out of the carport when Lillian and I returned from Guntersville and a late meeting with the DA. I stopped as she eased backwards, unaware…
Richard L. Fricks 