Author: Backpacking Dad

Acting with a swiftness that suggests, to the ironically-minded, a Boy Scout’s preparedness, the ACLU very quickly filed a petition with the court today that provides a small ray of hope to the thousands of same-sex couples in California who face having their right to marry stripped from them by a ballot proposition amending the…

“Sing a song for me,” the boy demanded of Coyote. “You will have to catch me first,” replied Coyote. And the boy chased Coyote around and around, through furrows and sorrows and marrows. And when he thought he could run no longer the boy saw Coyote look back over his shoulder, and saw Coyote’s tail…

I’ve been a terrible citizen lately, and I’ve been called on it. I have been taking, and doing a lot of shouting, but doing very little conversing and interacting. The strength of a society lies in the coordination of its members; the coordination of interests, the accommodation of radically different interests; the identification of incompatible…