Personal Notes

Just in case you still haven’t made it to the magazine store for the latest issue of National Review, Marriage Debate Blog has posted another excerpt of my piece therein.

I just noticed that NRO has posted the first section of my “One Man’s Marriage Trap” piece. It’s only about a tenth of the whole, so now there’s another step for you to take: Read the excerpt. Buy the magazine. Write to the editors promising that you’ll buy additional issues in which my work appears.…

I’ve put my personal thoughts about the coming of the new year over on Dust in the Light. But I wanted to be sure to wish Anchor Rising readers a happy New Year’s Day, as well. We’ve got plans to make 2005 an interesting, successful year for Anchor Rising, and we hope you’ll be playing…

With the current confluence of Christmas and our nation at war, I think it appropriate to mention a few noteworthy writings that deal with the topic. First is a recent column written by Idaho Senator Mike Crapo that details the Continental Army’s Christmas in 1778. Despite the sense of desparation surrounding the cause of upstart…

The author listed in the corner of the latest print edition cover of National Review (writing about Andrew Sullivan) has a familiar name: Skimming the online version, I see the author apparently writes for this blog and Dust in the Light. Interesting development.

Just in case anybody’s interested, I thought it worth mentioning, over here, that I’ve decided to serialize a second edition of my novel, A Whispering Through the Branches, on my personal blog, Dust in the Light. I’ve written a partial explanation of my decision in an “Author’s Note for Blog Serialization.” Beginning (appropriately) with the…

I will be appearing on Rick Adams’ radio show on WARL 1320 AM (“Reality Radio”) in Providence, Rhode Island, next Wednesday, December 15, from 8-9 p.m. You can also hear the radio station streamed online at its Web site.

For some reason, this entire week has felt like a window for breathing. On a national scale, perhaps that has something to do with its being the first holiday after a startlingly contentious election season. On the personal level, for me, it follows a couple of months of big plans, significant breakthroughs, and large steps;…