My Kingdom for a Horse
Sunday, June 8th, 2008 Posted in Invention, Culture, Sports | No Comments »This notion of fate, the insignificant event tipping a larger outcome, involves man's relationship to the horse. Without this animal the man is in deep trouble. Yet at one time in our human story none of us had one. And ...
Zimbabwe. Life Below the Headlines
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Ethnicity, Culture | No Comments »Mr. Mugabe, the aspiring president of Zimbabwe for life, has paid his dues--ten years in prison for his liberation work. The people of the country owe him some slack. But (1) the titanic hyperinflation of the value of the currency, ...
How Long is Too Long? Persistence in Office in Zimbabwe.
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Culture, Politics | No Comments »Consider: Robert Mugabe in his actions is saying that he has ascended to the office of president for life. The anomaly, the unexpected moment, is the fact that he had presented himself before the people of Zimbabwe again and ...
Buddy Wins
Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in Cadre, Cadre Functions, Culture | No Comments »Early on we discovered a board game called Trouble that we all loved. Billy was 8 and Buddy was 4 then. My wife and I and the kids would sit on the floor around the decorated cardboard with three ...
If I Forget, Remind Me.
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 Posted in Culture | No Comments »Suppose you discover a film actor late in her career or even after her death. You view her work as it becomes available to you without regard to the order of time. So the images of the person you see ...
A Question for Culture
Saturday, January 19th, 2008 Posted in Culture | No Comments »Back to the mysterious heart of the group: I am guessing that it is very rare for any human grouping when confronted by a demanding event to be without a hint of a governing concept in its responses. Call it ...