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2004 Essay Archive

Dec 28, 2004 - Loess Is More

Dec 21, 2004 - The College Football National Championship that Mattered

Dec 14, 2004 - Kudos, Mr. President

Dec 6, 2004 - A Meditation on the Second Sunday of Advent

Nov 30, 2004 - A Snowy Interstate, a Multi-Bison Pileup and an Advent Candle

Nov 23, 2004 - Romancing the Swan

Nov 16, 2004 - An Exploration of Christianity

Nov 9, 2004 - Reflections on Veteran's Day Then and Now

Nov 2, 2004 - In Search of a Place to Call Home

Oct 26, 2004 - We Will Return to Our Regular Programming in a Moment

Oct 19, 2004 - Starship One and the Advantages of $80/bbl Oil

Oct 12, 2004 - Thoughts about an Old Book and a New Library

Oct 5, 2004 - Reflections on Cigarette Smoke and Cheap Perfume

Sep 28, 2004 - The Heresy of Populism, or "Why James Madison Opposed Democracy"

Sep 21, 2004 - Thoughts on a Peninsular Morality

Sep 14, 2004 - Notes from the Road

Sep 7, 2004 - A Eulogy for Labor Day

Aug 31, 2004 - Phil and Paul, Fred and Denny, and Al and John, but not Terry and Howie

Aug 24, 2004 - Is It Time to Throw the Bums Out?

Aug 17, 2004 - Fish Camp at Crystal Cove Park

Aug 10, 2004 - A Thousand Day Analysis

Aug 3, 2004 - The Ace Is The Place

July 27, 2004 - Cradle of Saturn

July 13, 2004 - Adieu to Alessandro (Among Other Things)

July 6, 2004 - U.S. 75

June 29, 2004 - Batter Up!

June 22, 2004 - A Midsummer Night's Reverie

June 15, 2004 - The Passion of the Christ Redux or "You Wanna See My Skinned Up Knee?"

June 8, 2004 - The Death of Romance

June 1, 2004 - One of the Goslings Is Missing

May 25, 2004 - French Fries

May 18, 2004 - Identity

May 11, 2004 - Esthetics, Elitism, Entertainment, and Excellence

May 4, 2004 - Lost in Transfiguration

Apr 27, 2004 - The Tour de Memory

Apr 20, 2004 - A Fair and Balanced Essay

Apr 13, 2004 - Gate(way) Tectonics

Apr 6, 2004 - Thoughts While Wandering My Mental Scottish Moors

Mar 30, 2004 - Singing the Psalms All Over Again

Mar 22, 2004 - Prepared for Perception and Reality

Mar 15, 2004 - IHOP Nation

Mar 8, 2004 - Expectations

Mar 1, 2004 - A Couple of Different Pilgrimmages

Feb 23, 2003 - Reflections on  a Deeply Offensive Friday

Feb 16, 2004 - Interior Decoration by Hubble

Feb 9, 2004 - It’s time for some more Ebbing

Feb 2, 2004 - St. Seymour the Strange and Dead John the Seeker

Jan 26, 2004 - In Defense of Weird Michael

Jan 19, 2004 - M L King Day: The Quintessential American Holiday

Jan 12, 2004 - In Search of a Congregation to Call Home

Jan 5. 2003 - I’ve Got the Libertarian Blues

Dec 29, 2003 - North Dakota: It Cleans Up Nice!

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