By Gary Topping– The poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has not fared well at the hands of the literary critics. My dad, who was not a literary critic, got onto…
Posts published in June 2020
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– “Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of…Israel Bissell.” Wait a minute; those are not the opening words of the famous epic…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– I have so much love for my neighbors that I am sorely tempted to commit an act of extreme and violent vandalism on the front yard…
By Jathan Janove– Bruce Cutright is Vice President of Human Resources & Administration for Mary Lanning Healthcare, a Nebraska hospital with over 1,200 employees. When he took the position, according…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– As a boy, I loved Fig Newton cookies. They were a comfort food and a staple at home, especially with a glass of cold milk. I liked…
By Jathan Janove– In my life, I’ve had two uncomfortably close encounters with police officers. Having read coverage and seen videos from Michael Brown to George Floyd, I have little…
By Jathan Janove– Following a career as an attorney litigating school desegregation cases, Claire Hartfield shifted her professional focus to creating new education options for youth in under-resourced urban communities.…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Despite popular belief, St. Augustine probably did not say that the person who sings prays twice (see: Because sometimes the internet is wrong: Augustine: He who…
From Ancient Greek to Modern Corporate Reorganization – Jathan Janove Interview of Prof. Douglas Baird
0 By Jathan Janove (Guest Contributor)– Douglas Baird is the Harry A. Bigelow Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, and former dean of its law school. He’s a self-proclaimed…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– I spent many happy hours as a boy visiting the now-closed Trappist monastery in Huntsville, Utah. It is impossible to catalogue or pigeonhole the wide swath…