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2006 Topical Essay Archive
Economics
May 16, 2006 - Feeding the Economic Cheetahs
Jul 11, 2006 - Ethanol Clouds
Personal
May 23, 2006 - Today I Heard the Birds Chant the Hours
Apr 17, 2006 - The Perfect Storm
May 3, 2006 - Thoughts from the Backyard
May 9, 2006 - Missing Links and Moving
Jun 13, 2006 - A Story about Stories
Jun 20, 2006 - Lil Red's Shack
Jul 4, 2006 - I Suppose It’s An Essay About Tradition
Aug 29, 2006 - From Trading to Trucking to Trading: A Personal Update
Oct 17, 2006 - In Praise of Experts
Oct 24, 2006 - Nothin' but Links About Persecution and Martyrs
Nov 21, 2006 - You Don't Have Mail
Nov 28, 2006 - Shakespeare, The Match Game, and Sex
Politics
Jul 11, 2006 - Ethanol Clouds
Jul 18, 2006 - Dr Strangethought, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love David Hume
Aug 22, 2006 - Let’s All Go to the HolyLand End Times Amusement Park
Sep 19, 2006 - Concerning the Pope and the Muslims
Dec 12, 2006 - A Modest Proposal to Republicans
Reviews of Movies, Books, and Restaurants
Apr 29, 2006 - Pieta Brown and the Church: An essay of hope
Jun 20, 2006 - Lil Red's Shack
Jul 18, 2006 - Dr Strangethought, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love David Hume
Sep 12, 2006 - Mozart, Motorhead, and WWE Wrestling
Social Commentary
Jan 28, 2006 - In Memory of General Lee
Feb 4, 2006 - The Unnatural Tastes of Bob Edwards
Mar 4, 2006 - The Value of Our Inconsistencies
Apr 29, 2006 - Pieta Brown and the Church: An essay of hope
May 30, 2006 - Requiem for Memorial Day
Jun 6, 2006 - Hangin’ with the Freaks and Misfits
Jun 13, 2006 - A Story about Stories
Aug 22, 2006 - Let’s All Go to the HolyLand End Times Amusement Park
Sep 5, 2006 - Eulogy for the Crocodile Hunter
Sep 12, 2006 - Mozart, Motorhead, and WWE Wrestling
Sep 19, 2006 - Concerning the Pope and the Muslims
Oct 24, 2006 - Nothin' but Links About Persecution and Martyrs
Oct 31, 2006 - Chewing the Fat about Halloween and Mardi Gras
Nov 21, 2006 - You Don't Have Mail
Nov 28, 2006 - Shakespeare, The Match Game, and Sex
Sports
Jun 27, 2006 - A Tour de France Primer
Jul 25, 2006 - Bradley, Mikey, and King Floyd
Aug 1, 2006 - I’m Pondering the Fleeting Nature of a Good Reputation
Dec 5, 2006 - Re: Professional Cycling - A Doping Update
Theology
May 23, 2006 - Today I Heard the Birds Chant the Hours
Feb 17, 2006 - The Uselessness of Clergy
Mar 4, 2006 - The Value of Our Inconsistencies
Apr 9, 2006 - My Search for an Illusive Mountain Road
Apr 17, 2006 - The Perfect Storm
Apr 29, 2006 - Pieta Brown and the Church: An essay of hope
Jun 13, 2006 - A Story about Stories
Jun 23, 2006 - Nicknaming God and Those Silly Presbyterians
Jul 4, 2006 - I Suppose It’s An Essay About Tradition
Jul 18, 2006 - Dr Strangethought, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love David Hume
Aug 1, 2006 - I’m Pondering the Fleeting Nature of a Good Reputation
Aug 15, 2006 - You Better Read This Essay Soon
Aug 22, 2006 - Let’s All Go to the HolyLand End Times Amusement Park
Oct 10, 2006 - Crazy Talk
Nov 7, 2006 - Squealing Like a Pig
Nov 28, 2006 - Shakespeare, The Match Game, and Sex
Dec 26, 2006 - The Book of the Genealogy of Jesus Christ
Travel & Nature
May 23, 2006 - Today I Heard the Birds Chant the Hours
Apr 9, 2006 - My Search for an Illusive Mountain Road
May 3, 2006 - Thoughts from the Backyard
Jun 20, 2006 - Lil Red's Shack
Sep 5, 2006 - Eulogy for the Crocodile Hunter
Alaska Journal
Introduction
Jun 23, 2006 - A Journey to Fielding Lake
Jul 7, 2006 - Carlism
Jul 21, 2006 - The House
Jul 21, 2006 - The Whales of Sitka
Aug 4, 2006 - The Commodities Program
Aug 18, 2006 - Ordinary Life
Sep 1, 2006 - Butchering Bear
Oct 6, 2006 - The Korean Congregation
Oct 20, 2006 - The Lutheran Congregation
Nov 3, 2006 - Harold and Maude
Nov 16, 2006 - Caribou Hunt
Dec 1, 2006 - Road Kill
Dec 15, 2006 - The World has Gone to the Dogs
Dec 29, 2006 - Let There Be Light
Random Thoughts
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