A Woman Named Sophie

This is another chapter of my book Men of the Skull .  It tells the story of my first rescue squad call, and first (no funeral) dead body. *...

I don't think I ever wrote about this night for my blog.  So, I wrote this for my book, Men of the Skull , and, well, here it is.  *****...

Interlude III: Burning Tuesday, August 2, 1983 .   Reagan Strongly Defends Policies On Minority And Women's Rights I'd had enoug...

Another new bit of my book.  I'm writing interludes about my transition as "in between semester" bits.  So meta!             B...

I've told this story so many times giving talks, but I've never written it down.    So here it is. This story begins in June 1970 ...

Ok, thanks to input from viewers like you, I've revised the prologue a bit. Opinions welcome.  Please.   ******************************...

  Prologue (2025): “Let me tell you a story…” Wednesday, July 2, 2025 :   Trump administration restores $175 million to Penn after deal re...

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rig...

I don't remember if I've told this story before.  Heck, I've been telling you stories for so long that even I don't remember...

The cold rain falls here in State College, flutily trying to cleanse the Earth.  Evil has gripped the US.  It was on full display the other ...