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• Elaine

  By gusmanning on December 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  As the sun was preparing to set behind the reddish stone buildings and green elms at school, I was walking along the path toward my apartment in Billings Hall.  I was trying to catch up with a girl named Elaine… Read More ›

• Civics Class (1956)

  By gusmanning on December 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Outside the school, a light rain fell, dripping down the old red bricks.  Inside the 9th grade civics classroom, shiny-clean students with new fall clothes barely noticed the weather as the opening bell rang, and latecomers fumbled with text books… Read More ›

• History Class in High School 1960

  By gusmanning on December 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  As I walked into class, absently observing the back side of Cary Ross, the tardy bell rang, and we both scrambled to our seats.  If you were not seated when the bell stopped ringing, some teachers would mark you tardy. … Read More ›

• Some Things About God

  By gusmanning on December 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  I am guessing you may have been troubled by the inability of the religion you were taught as a child to help you deal with the complex experiences of your life.  I think it is fair to say that a… Read More ›

• Western Civilization

  By gusmanning on December 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Here we are in 2020 trying to decide whether to tear down statues of dead white men and whether people should be prosecuted for setting fire to local businesses.  How did we get here, anyway?  I believe that where we… Read More ›

• Ragged Old Flag – Part II

  By gusmanning on December 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Walking across leaf-strewn bricks to class. I shuffled my feet, reluctant to give up the freedom of roaming about the campus on a fabulous fall day. Up ahead, I saw Sharon Looman striding purposefully toward the same door I was… Read More ›

• Bothered by Polarization – Look to the Middle

  By gusmanning on December 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Many of us feel disturbed by statements about the US being a “polarized” nation. When I looked into it, the first thing I noticed is how polarized the news media have become. To a casual observer, the war between Fox… Read More ›

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