The Silence of the Lambs

I’m not talking about the silence of lambs being led to slaughter. I’m talking about all the quiet lambs looking on from the safety of open pastures. German Christians watched in silence for many years as the machinery of state terror was constructed, fueled and then set in motion. Of course, there will be some…

Indecent Exposure

The quest for individual freedom is the quest to live in space. Alone. Untethered to others. I’d like to light my pipe in a restaurant after a fine meal, or in my office where the rumination of a pipe will help me to think a thing through. But I refrain. It is a reminder that…