by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 2, 2008 | Opinion
The online Chronicle of Higher Education reports that a growing number of students are responding to a perceived call to ministry, reversing a two-decade trend. The shift seems to reflect changing cultural values as well as the fruit of a major financial investment by...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 1, 2008 | Opinion
I was driving home from a day in the office, enjoying some quiet time and listening to public radio. For more than a year, National Public Radio has been broadcasting an occasional series of first-person pieces called “This I Believe,” and I always find it...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 1, 2008 | Opinion
“Sum tyms bitin, sum tyms bit.” On my desk there is a paperweight containing this bit of philosophy from the novel Riddley Walker. In pidgin English that author Russell Hoban imagines would devolve in the millennia following a nuclear holocaust, Riddley...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 28, 2008 | Opinion
I hate being mad, so it’s a good thing that I don’t have a short fuse and don’t get my feelings hurt easily. In general, I’m more laid-back than high-strung, so while I’m in touch with angry feelings when they arise, I don’t dwell...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 26, 2008 | Opinion
I’m a big fan of summer, mainly because it’s the season of fresh fruit. In these days of truck farms, long-haul transport, and supermarkets, you can buy most any fruit year round, but there’s something special about local fruits in their proper...
