Osler's Razor

  If you are interested, I have two things out on very different topics. First, you can download this short book chapter about clemency and...

  Some great haiku about the rainy day-- thank you, friends. We had this evocative poem from Christine: In Tampa rain pounds The metal roof,...

  I'm a fan of good sermons. That, of course, means that I am often disappointed. Recently, it occurred to me that we might not even rea...

  Among the movies I've never seen is "Stripes." I need to get around to that.

  We are moving on to "where is that sweater?" season in Minnesota, but just finished a weird patch where it rained hard every nig...

  Washington DC's US Attorney is Fox News stalwart Jeanine Pirro, has announced that her office will limit plea agreements to lesser cha...

  This weekend begins the college football season, with a Saturday matchup between the Big 12's Iowa State and Kansas State, played in D...

  Well, here is a baffling development: Louisiana is sending national guard troops to suppress crime in DC.  Shreveport, Louisiana has a vio...

  Apparently, I'm not the only one whose mind turns to school supplies at this time of year! We had some great haiku entries, like this ...

  I've spent a fair amount of time around theologians-- people who think about theology, one way or another, for a living. Sometimes I...

  If you missed it, here is the short press conference after the conclusion of the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska. It's hard to tell if a...

  When it starts to get a little colder (at least in Minnesota) that means it's time to get school supplies. I've basically been doi...

  In the wake of the 2023 invasion of Israel by Hamas, most reasonable people expected a response from Israel. It was a horrifying incursion...

  This is the time of year that I start reading about college football in preparation for the season-- getting a sense of who will be good, ...

  Yesterday, President Trump decried DC as over-run by "bloodthirsty criminals" and announced three actions: -- That the DOJ will ...

  Obviously, after my return from Osler Island I have to get my haiku chops back. There were only two entries this week, but they were excel...

  There is a lot of confusing interplay between faith in nature. If we are out of the city, we call it "God's country." People...

 

  Everyone walks somewhere in the summer-- above is one of my favorites. Let's haiku about that this week! Here, I will go first: Cool a...

    Last week, I got this email from Minneapolis City Councilman Michael Rainville:   The Big Honking Truck Parade is Tomorrow Bring your fr...