The Nature of Leadership

Despite the growing industry of leadership camps and a huge variety of books on the subject, I have come to believe that the traits of a lea...

A Musical Interlude

Yesterday morning, the overnight low was 34 degrees F, the warmest in more than a month. On my way to work, in the predawn twilight, I was ...

The Ritual of Sports

Humans are social creatures and have long been enamored with ritual. Most of these ceremonial activities have centered around religion and ...

Mind & Soul

It is our brain power that sets humans apart from other animals. Nevertheless, we are members of the animal kingdom and share most of the a...

From Blizzard to Deep Freeze

Now that the powerful winter storm has moved on to the Canadian Maritimes, the dome of Arctic air that fueled its wrath has dropped into the...

Deep Snow

The twenty inches of snow that fell across mid Missouri yesterday poses a significant hardship for human residents but may prove to be deadl...

Blizzard Warnings

The warnings began a few days ago. What appeared to be a minor disturbance along the West Coast would become the Storm of the Century, a Wi...