Congress needs to allow Frank Buckles to lay in state at the Capitol Rotunda. Period.

Rarely do you see the last of something great pass on.  The world that we live in seems to have plenty of second acts for people that we thought we had seen fade to black.  So when the end of an era comes about, we must take it in, preserve it, and, most of all [...]

My defining moment.

This semester will be one that is defining for me. Since this is the last semester that Ph.D. programs will see before I apply (in the case of some schools, the early December deadlines mean that they will not even see that), I have to set myself apart.  It is all business this semester, and [...]

The summer is now over….

….for all intents and purposes.  My books have arrived, the parking garages are filling up, and I had to stand in a line to receive my parking pass for the upcoming school year.  My summer has officially ended. But what a summer it was!  I had my share of ups and downs in many areas [...]