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2004 Topical Essay Archive
Economics
Feb 9, 2004 - It’s time for some more Ebbing
Apr 13, 2004 - Gate(way) Tectonics
Oct 19, 2004 - Starship One and the Advantages of $80/bbl Oil
Personal
Feb 16, 2004 - Interior Decoration by Hubble
Mar 8, 2004 - Expectations
May 18, 2004 - Identity
May 25, 2004 - French Fries
June 1, 2004 - One of the Goslings Is Missing
June 29, 2004 - Batter Up!
Oct 26, 2004 - We Will Return to Our Regular Programming in a Moment
Nov 30, 2004 - A Snowy Interstate, a Multi-Bison Pileup and an Advent Candle
Politics
Jan 5. 2003 - I’ve Got the Libertarian Blues
Jan 19, 2004 - M L King Day: The Quintessential American Holiday
Apr 20, 2004 - A Fair and Balanced Essay
Aug 10, 2004 - A Thousand Day Analysis
Aug 24, 2004 - Is It Time to Throw the Bums Out?
Sep 7, 2004 - A Eulogy for Labor Day
Sep 28, 2004 - The Heresy of Populism, or "Why James Madison Opposed Democracy"
Oct 19, 2004 - Starship One and the Advantages of $80/bbl Oil
Dec 14, 2004 - Kudos, Mr. President
Reviews of Movies and Books
Feb 2, 2004 - St. Seymour the Strange and Dead John the Seeker
May 4, 2004 - Lost in Transfiguration
July 27, 2004 - Cradle of Saturn
Nov 9, 2004 - Reflections on Veteran's Day Then and Now
Social Commentary
Jan 19, 2004 - M L King Day: The Quintessential American Holiday
Jan 26, 2004 - In Defense of Weird Michael
Mar 15, 2004 - IHOP Nation
May 11, 2004 - Aesthetics, Elitism, Entertainment, and Excellence
June 8, 2004 - The Death of Romance
June 15, 2004 - The Passion of the Christ Redux or "You Wanna See My Skinned Up Knee?"
July 13, 2004 - Adieu to Alessandro (Among Other Things)
Aug 17, 2004 - Fish Camp at Crystal Cove Park
Sep 7, 2004 - A Eulogy for Labor Day
Oct 5, 2004 - Reflections on Cigarette Smoke and Cheap Perfume
Oct 12, 2004 - Thoughts about an Old Book and a New Library
Oct 26, 2004 - We Will Return to Our Regular Programming in a Moment
Nov 2, 2004 - In Search of a Place to Call Home
Nov 9, 2004 - Reflections on Veteran's Day Then and Now
Sports
Apr 27, 2004 - The Tour de Memory
June 29, 2004 - Batter Up!
July 13, 2004 - Adieu to Alessandro (Among Other Things)
Aug 31, 2004 - Phil and Paul, Fred and Denny, and Al and John, but not Terry and Howie
Dec 21, 2004 - The College Football National Championship that Mattered
Theology
Jan 12, 2004 - In Search of a Congregation to Call Home
Feb 23, 2003 - Reflections on a Deeply Offensive Friday
Mar 1, 2004 - A Couple of Different Pilgrimmages
Mar 22, 2004 - Prepared for Perception and Reality
Mar 30, 2004 - Singing the Psalms All Over Again
Apr 6, 2004 - Thoughts While Wandering My Mental Scottish Moors
June 15, 2004 - The Passion of the Christ Redux or "You Wanna See My Skinned Up Knee?"
July 27, 2004 - Cradle of Saturn
Aug 31, 2004 - Phil and Paul, Fred and Denny, and Al and John, but not Terry and Howie
Sep 14, 2004 - Notes from the Road
Sep 21, 2004 - Thoughts on a Peninsular Morality
Oct 5, 2004 - Reflections on Cigarette Smoke and Cheap Perfume
Oct 12, 2004 - Thoughts about an Old Book and a New Library
Nov 2, 2004 - In Search of a Place to Call Home
Nov 16, 2004 - An Exploration of Christianity
Nov 30, 2004 - A Snowy Interstate, a Multi-Bison Pileup and an Advent Candle
Dec 6, 2004 - A Meditation on the Second Sunday of Advent
Travel & Nature
Dec 29, 2003 - North Dakota: It Cleans Up Nice!
June 1, 2004 - One of the Goslings Is Missing
June 22, 2004 - A Midsummer Night's Reverie
July 6, 2004 - U.S. 75
Aug 3, 2004 - The Ace Is The Place
Sep 14, 2004 - Notes from the Road
Sep 21, 2004 - Thoughts on a Peninsular Morality
Nov 23, 2004 - Romancing the Swan
Dec 28, 2004 - Loess Is More
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