January 11–Today my mother (85) and my daughter (22) and I drove down to the encampment on the north bank of the Cannonball River. It was an astonishingly beautiful day on the northern Great Plains: cold, but clear, with an azure sky that contrasted perfectly with the snow. We took the long way around thanks […]
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American Podium: Clay Jenkinson as Pres. Theodore Roosevelt
American Podium: Clay Jenkinson as Pres. Theodore Roosevelt 11/23/2016 Seattle Public Library Watch the video here Watch history come alive when scholar Clay Jenkinson appears in costume and character as President Theodore Roosevelt. President Roosevelt served seven years, 171 days as the 26th President of the United States. He was an accidental president “kicked upstairs” […]
Rome Journal
Tuesday 29 November. A good night of sleep. Now I feel equal to it. After class yesterday, I ventured into the heart of Rome. There I found my way to the statue of Bruno in the Campo di Fiori. He, a Renaissance humanist, heretic, and memorization master, was burned at the stake in 1600, for […]
Rome Journal – Arrival
28 November 2016– It’s a big planet. I flew from Bismarck to Minneapolis, from Minneapolis to Paris, from Paris to Rome. I started at noon Saturday and arrived in Rome at noon Sunday, though of course I had lost seven hours in time zone. It’s a big planet. By the time I arrived I wanted […]
To Rome –
Journal of a journey to Rome. I’m teaching a capstone humanities course for a Catholic university. 25 students. They have been there all semester, staying in a convent that has plenty of room for the campus. My job is to show them things about Rome that they might not otherwise have the opportunity to see. […]
Thanksgiving
To all my friends around the United States, and beyond. I am writing to give thanks for your friendship, for your interest in my work, for your commitment to the principles of Enlightenment. In the wake of the raucous election and the American circus of failed political civility; in the wake of the appalling and […]
Let Us Now Praise the Robustness of American Democracy
To my friends who are feeling frightened and damaged by the election of Donald Trump to the Presidency in 2016, I offer the following thoughts. First, the people have spoken. Virtually the entire American establishment–mainline politicians, the media, the major religious leaders, Hollywood, the pundits of both parties, former and current national security personnel, the […]
A Clash of World Views – Kevin Locke
I had the honor today to hear the world renowned Lakota flute player and hoop dancer Kevin Locke perform in Bismarck. He’s in his 60s now. He has been performing all over the world since he was in his early twenties. He’s a national and international treasure. Someone I know, who knows these things, says […]
Standing Rock Sioux Crisis – A Plea for Understanding
To the skeptics, the detractors, the cynics. I know many of you have little respect for the Standing Rock Sioux (Lakota) in the ongoing Dakota Access Pipeline crisis. Your views by now are pretty well known: a) the Sioux leadership should have been at the negotiating table long ago, when it might have made a […]
Concession v. Concussion
When Thomas Jefferson defeated John Adams in the presidential election of 1800, Adams was bitter for several reasons. First, he was an important American patriot and revolutionary who believed he deserved to be re-elected by the American people. He could not understand why someone of his historical significance would be retired after a single term. […]
Our Sad Fractured Republic
As the election lurches toward us I find myself in a deep sadness, even a depression. Probably Mrs. Clinton is going to win. If she does, it will not give her a mandate or even a reasonably good chance of proving herself as President. She will be wounded from the moment she declares victory. If […]
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