Well, I’m back in Parma after a quick trip to the USA. Fortunately, on both Atlantic segments I was able to get empty seats next to me so I could keep my foot elevated during the 10 hours each way. That was nice and important. I saw my surgeon today and he said things are…
Hi all you faithful ones, This year I will be in Parma, Italy when the clock strikes 2020. I still am required to send you all a tax donation letter no later than 15 January 2020, but since I will not be in the USA, this is a bit more complicated for me. So I…
First, a short update. After extensive tests, and a lot of needles in the veins, the doctors have determined that there is no internal infection. YEAH! The skin around the surgery is still inflamed but this is probably due to reaction to the sutures. I have been going to the hospital every day for IV…
Well, there are some interesting things on the road here. This one was parked next door.
It occurred to me, as I sit in my bed with my foot in a sort-of cast, that I might do an audio series while I am incapacitated. I would simply record each day a short (less than 30 minutes) commentary on Abraham Heschel’s God In Search Of Man, a book that fundamentally altered my approach…
While I am being an invalid confined to the apartment, I have had time to read, and I just finished the second of two books worth mentioning. First is William Tucker’s Marriage and Civilization (Regnery, 2014). While you might not embrace Tucker’s early evolutionary view of the development of monogamy in animal kingdoms and pre-historical…
Spinoza was one of the world’s great philosophers. He also happened to be Jewish. He lived in the attic of a house in Europe while he wrote some of the most challenging thoughts about the human condition. I am reminded of Spinoza these days, not because I am a great philosopher or even a great…
