Re-branding the Democrats.

An advertising strategy for the coming political realignment.

Being Two at the Zoo.

I was brought to the zoo by my grandson the other day.

Baby’s First Transaction.

Technically he’s not a baby any more. He turned two years old in March. This is a hard truth for a grandparent to…

Letter from the Boundary Waters.

The great wilderness areas are still there to teach us humility.

Did America Invent Something Even Better than Democracy?

A Day at the Emergency Room.

Monday morning at work and everyone wants to ask, “How was your weekend?”

Time-traveling Up Portugal’s Douro Valley.

The poet Alexander Pope once wrote the proper study of mankind is man. But I think…

Reborn on the Fourth of July.

It’s cool and it’s early. There are a few plastic drink cups littering the sidewalk outside the bar on…

The American Regency.

With apologies to Mrs. Pence, consider this unlikely scenario. The vice president has been secretly watching Game of…

Awake in the Night Country.

When I was in college I read The Night Country by Loren Eiseley. My professor said it was an important book…