Current Event
It isn’t rocket science to acknowledge we’re experiencing a shortage of many things these days… Labor… For months we’ve heard employers bemoan they simply can’t find enough people to work. Labor experts tell us workers haven’t returned after the onset of the pandemic; some lost
Current Event
Sometimes I’m not certain how much we get it. When a child is born, for example, as future parents, we spend so much time dreaming and scheming and planning and shaping all that we will teach them. And indeed, what a sweet opportunity. But I wonder then if we’
Current Event
Maybe like me, you’ve been a bit distracted by the holiday celebrations in recent weeks. I believe in being fully present; hence, current events have been secondary to the persons in my presence. Therefore, to help us all get up to date, here are the first 100 observed questions
Current Event
Sometimes — in a skill few politicians regardless of bent seem to grasp (unless, of course, if actually avoiding the press) — a person can actually say more by speaking less. I’ll thus make this short today. The sweet thing about Thanksgiving week is that gratitude is our number one focus.
Current Event
On Friday afternoon, the jury reached a unanimous decision on the legal fate of Kyle Rittenhouse, the young man who shot and killed two unarmed men, injured an armed man, in last summer’s violent disorder in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Allow us to provide some brief background for the purpose of
Current Event
Noted English novelist C.S. Lewis and his close friend, J.R.R. Tolkien, are responsible for several of the books which have spurred on the world’s individual and collective imaginations for decades. One of those fictional august accounts is Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters, a novel first published
Current Event
Many are observant of the ongoing trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. For those unaware of why Rittenhouse is currently facing said legal proceedings, allow us first to share a brief, objective summary… After the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin last summer, riots and civil unrest broke out in
Current Event
Let me start with two statements: One, this is not a sports post. And two, I am not a Duke fan. But allow me to humbly share with you what I actually am. No matter the arena, I am an admirer of someone who leaves a program or position better
Current Event
In a week in which current event bloggers have had much material, three stories stood out to me, making me think. Here at the Intramuralist, it’s no secret we like to think. To be clear, let’s insert an important caveat before we opine. “Think” is not a synonym
Current Event
So in a community that celebrates community when the kids trick-or-treat, the adults often find themselves in extended silly and serious conversation. That’s what community provides: a foundational backdrop in which both the silly and serious can respectfully occur… with kindness and an always sincere, listening ear.
Current Event
I’m not really a pet peeve kind of person. I mean, I suppose I have a few random hot takes — such as putting two “e’s” in “judgment” or overusing the phrase, “it is what it is” when the reality is you really just want the conversation to end.
Current Event
Dear Alec, I can only imagine… How awful… how tragic… how gut-wrenching it must be to know you are responsible for accidentally ending the life of another. I am so sorry, Alec… for Halyna… for her family… for you and your family, too… For our Intramuralist readers, allow me