To my students: A reluctant farewell
When I began teaching 30 years ago, I had not anticipated how much I would grow to love the young people in my classes.
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Youth and age, energy and wisdom
Our society and particularly our workplaces continually neglect the wisdom of age, preferring youthful enthusiasm in what can only be called a cult of the young.
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How 18th-century Virginians nearly made the United States more like Canada
Two-hundred thirty years ago America’s founders met in Philadelphia to hammer out a new constitution that would bring the 13 newly independent states together into an innovative kind of union: a federal union based on a separation of powers among legislative, executive and judicial branches of government. At least this is what Americans have been led to believe over the centuries.
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President Trump
What sort of president will Trump be? Predictions are always hazardous, of course, because even the most cautious and conservative can be overtaken by unforeseen developments. But we can more easily see the sort of president Trump is unlikely to be.
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Brazil!
I have long been fascinated by Brazil, the fifth-largest country in the world, now boasting a population of over 200 million. In October of last year I finally realized my dream of visiting this amazing country, and it far exceeded my expectations.
