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Part of the wonderful experience of going to college is reading books that are new to you and having the opportunity to debate their significance and importance to our experience of the present with people whose minds you respect. It has been a rare privilege to share exactly that same experience with old and dear friends, Della and Peter Allen, with whom I have exchanged books and ideas over the forty years since the formal process of education was completed. Continue Reading →
What I discovered in that maximum security prison in Somers, Connecticut was that the capacity for all things resides within each person. The indomitable will of a Nelson Mandela and the perseverance of Christopher and Dana Reeves are within you. The grace and dignity of a Mother Theresa is within you! The person reading these words, you! Not “someone” else. This capacity is within all people! Continue Reading →
We capitalize the word president when it refers to a specific individual, such as President Bush. It seems to me the most important jobs in the world belong to Mothers and Fathers.
I wonder why we don’t capitalize those?

