Stones from the Creek

I had heard of the Green Corn Rebellion of 1917 before.  It was mentioned in passing in histories of the US labor movement, histories of the...

Last Thursday we went to hear Krista Tippett speak at St. Vladimir's Seminary in Yonkers.  She was her usual eclectic self, drawing thou...

Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday had so many resonances with Richard Nixon's firing of Watergate Special...

Twitter and Facebook have been abuzz for two days about Donald Trump's latest encomiums to Andrew Jackson.  Orange Hitler looks at Jack...

Mt. Washington is bipolar, a mountain that is a challenging hike, but that absolutely anybody can summit.  It has its own, rapidly-changing ...

The day after Donald Trump’s election those pundits who align themselves with the Democratic Party began wringing their hands about how “we...

A little over a month ago I posted this on Facebook: CITIZEN SCIENTIST! Prophet has been training for a while with  Sits & Wiggles Do...