New Religion of Fred?
Fresh off the press: my new column on a new religion for the new year … A New Religion in the Neighborhood? (page two)
Category: Writing
Sneak Preview
A preview of this week’s column … “A Definition of Religion even Seculars can Accept” Naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) wrote many Nature essays from his rustic cabin near the Hudson…
Thoreau’s Challenge
I’ll be teaching a course on Henry David Thoreau this spring. These thoughts were springing and sauntering off the pages as I read his journals again. Thoreau’s Challenge to Religion…
Nicking St. Nick
“No, Virginia, There is No Santa Claus” {An updated version of the famous letter and editorial from New York Sun, 1897. I first published this on the “Christmas Baby”…
Please Support My Work
I post this “invitation” now and then. I’m not paid for most of my teaching and writing, so I welcome anything to show you sit, stand or walk with me.…
Peace of Paradise
Piece (if not Peace) of Paradise I saw that a former neighbor’s house is for sale. The asking price: $7m and change. If you have the millions, the change won’t…
You HAVE to Read This!
NO, you DON’T have to read this (or: No, you don’t have to read this. No caps). I make it a habit of never reading something or looking at something…
I Can’t Read without a Pen
I love libraries. I mean, I never go to a library. Haven’t for years. But I think they’re great; in fact essential to healthy communities that value education. They serve…
