I’ve been watching with one eye the travails of Kelvin Sampson, coach of the Indiana men’s basketball team. Sampson has been tripped up by the pharisaical system of NCAA rules, which pays close attention to who pays for a player’s meals, but scrutinizes less closely whether the player ever receives an education. In Sampson’s case, …
Though not yet an industrial or vacation magnet, we have great hopes for the fine state of Kansas. Newcomers may find themselves perplexed by the local norms and practices of highway driving. Periodically out of the goodness of our own hearts, as well as various court orders and private settlements, the management of this website …
Monday was Caleb’s birthday. He is eight years old now. That morning I made breakfast for the family, and then took him to work with me. He did school work at the table in my office, and I did my own work at my computer. He finished first, because he is smarter than me, and …
As best I can remember, my first publication was in the high school paper. It was an editorial, of course, and it was funny and mean and wrongheaded. I’ve put words into the public domain for 23 years since that day. I’ve been wrong a lot, and I’ve picked a lot of fights. At times …
It occurred to me that one day in the less-than-distant future, a young lady may decide to conduct an Internet search on the term: “William Isaac Woodlief.” Said lady will be, of course, interested in marrying young Isaac, and itching to bear an entire brood of Woodlief babies. The last post might, naturally, give her …
