Sorry I’ve been even less attentive to this blog than normal.  My reason—yes, reason, not excuse or justification—is that I’m starting a new book.  Really just the proposal package, which means the first three chapters, a synopsis, and a cover letter, but doing that requires that I pretty much know where I’m going with the…

I have received the first commentary of position divergent from my own since starting this blog.  (Very cogent and respectfully written, I might add, so read it here.)  It is a red-letter day!  And I can’t help but love the fact that the first person to really disagree with me on something here is named Clint Johnson.  (And yes, it really…