My mother speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, read more

My mother speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, etc. By the same post I had several letters from anxious relatives, telling me that it was my duty to come home and thus ease my mother's anxiety.

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction

We didn't bring this church to the United States to be another Nigerian church. We are afraid with the way read more

We didn't bring this church to the United States to be another Nigerian church. We are afraid with the way things are going in the world and in America -- allowing people to do what they like, creating their own religion and philosophy -- those people are going to pay for it. We don't want that to happen.

It's hard to get everything working (in the beginning of the year). But I think we'll figure it out.

It's hard to get everything working (in the beginning of the year). But I think we'll figure it out.

Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from read more

Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration. - My Summer in a Garden, 1871.

It's helpful that I was an athletic director (at Lutheran before John Ragland took over last year). I know about read more

It's helpful that I was an athletic director (at Lutheran before John Ragland took over last year). I know about the problems in scheduling, but we try not to make a big deal of it. It's something we don't talk about.

I would contend that our children are as important to the future of the country as the economy. The stock read more

I would contend that our children are as important to the future of the country as the economy. The stock market will never depend on it, but I hope the report will annually at least focus attention on the status and condition of our children.

It has very small and delicate ears. It's not all flour corn.

It has very small and delicate ears. It's not all flour corn.

If I ever have to leave the club I will be very sorry because I have a lot of ties read more

If I ever have to leave the club I will be very sorry because I have a lot of ties here now. I would like to stay here for a few more years yet.