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Dave Larsen
February 25, 2026
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I asked myself if I would have made different decisions and taken different actions than those my parents took in moving us to the suburbs.
This summer, the summer of 1962, was different. This was the summer of the n-word. It was spoken often, not only on Green Street, but
It may have been The Secular City by Harvey Cox that stirred the pot. Five years after the book’s debut in 1965, a yellow school
Time stood still as the procession, most dressed in their Sunday best, split in all directions at the leading of counselors eager to pray with
On a Damascus Road of sorts, seeing beyond the proof text, I’m able to say to myself and anyone who’ll listen, “Yes, really!” Come cancer,
In an early scene of the film American Fiction, Monk (Jeffrey Wright) is noticeably upset. He moves a stack of his books—he’s a Black scholar
Squirrels are busy building nests and planning for offspring, and you can tell they’re in a hurry by the number of munched branch remnants which
One of the small delights of Larry’s life is getting a haircut. At his age he still has enough to cut. It’s thinning, but visible