Yawper

Today I learned that the word “character,” a word we may use to describe strong, usually positive, personality traits, is derived from Greek where it meant “to engrave.”  The etymology gives me a new perspective on the idea of character development in myself and my children.  To build character is to etch a heart, to […]

Many of the great issues of American politics have long been settled.  The result is a common canon of beliefs to which most of us subscribe.  While it may be far-fetched to think America is about re-open the most fundamental of debates, we are inching ever closer to that possibility. Americans of all political stripes, […]