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For Transcendentalist Kids, Inherent Goodness of Man is a Myth
CONCORD, Mass. This quiet town in the western suburbs of Boston was ground zero for the Transcendentalist Movement, a 19th century philosophical reaction to the prevailing intellectual and religious dogmas of the time, and traces […]
The Block Isn’t Even On Fire
(This is a blog I wrote to promote a real event our volunteer fire department is putting on. No, I don’t expect any H.O. readers live close enough to attend, but since there are always […]
As School Year Looms, Penmanship Instructors Sound Alarm
WASHINGTON. Unemployed penmanship instructors marched on Congress yesterday, the last Monday before most elementary school students return to school, demanding that the federal government commit $40 billion to improve America’s handwriting in order to avert a […]
Scooter & Skipper at the Junior Algonquin Club
It’s the final weeks of August, time for me to check on the kids to see how they’re doing with their summer reading lists. Things haven’t changed much in our little town since I was […]
Poetry for Cats
Call me crazy, but I like to write poetry. For cats. Cats are a good training ground for poets. They are largely indifferent to poetry, like the overwhelming majority of people, but that still makes […]
