Are you asking if I support the death penalty, or if I believe in the sovereign state’s right to kill?  Those questions operate in altogether different universes, and I counsel caution in conflating philosophy with procedure.

History happened; it can’t be destroyed. It can only be forgotten (by people who don’t read) or reinterpreted (by people who read Facebook).

Have I mentioned that “to father” is to forgive?

Dear Caitlin, Robin, and Brenna:

“Eyesore.” That’s how Albany’s journalistic community has referenced the century-old Central Warehouse in

The Altamont Enterprise is a mirror — a reflection of us, an opportunity to take stock of who we are and what our locality deems important.  

This era demands more shepherds — those who tend to our many opposing viewpoints, but who nonetheless move us together as one.

The essential fact in the Book of Jonah is not that a man was swallowed by a whale, but that humanity has a heartbreaking tendency to turn its back on God.

At all times, the path to fulfillment already lies within you.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers no longer with us, but for whom we’d give anything for just one last chance to say “I love you, Mom.”