Monthly Archives: March 2023

Make Northern Idaho College Great Again

Posted on March 30, 2023 by hessd

When I first began taking political science seriously, it was moving rapidly to the left and demanding a much higher level of empirical support for its propositions. The Old Guard, deplored by my first political science professors, were “conservative” about … Continue reading →

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Foster, by Claire Keegan

Posted on March 25, 2023 by hessd

We are not cheap moviegoers, really. It is just that we do stay and watch until the last credit has appeared on the screen. That is how Bette and I found out that the movie we had just seen, The … Continue reading →

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Far enough away to enjoy it

Posted on March 23, 2023 by hessd

I want to share with you today my favorite line from “The New Ashmolean Marching Society and Students’ Conservatory Band.” Yesterday, the Plaza Singers–a choral group at the Senior Center where I live– sang it and some other songs from … Continue reading →

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