Fourteen years ago, on 19 January 2007, I received a call from an industrious, engaging and curious Binghamton University senior, Brent...

Some older photos from my alma mater. I think my memories of Harpur are often in black and white. And some current shots of Hinman...

All in all, I have no complaints or concerns. Maybe I should have tried to do this earlier but waiting my turn and waiting for my...

Almost two years out from stepping away, I continue to reflect on my fifty years of higher education, now behind me, I recalled one of...

Eleven months have passed since we were told there was to be a two-week lockdown to 'flatten' the curve of the looming viral pandemic. I...

There are moments in any person's life where, upon reflection, you realize: How would my life have been different had this event not...

January 2, 2021. Thanks to Strava, my need to measure, post and pursue exercise goals and accomplishments has been both easy and...

December 31, 2020. The political, protest, and public policy lunacy of the past year can not deflate the sheer joy of the blessings and...

December 21, 2020. Coming into Wisconsin living, I never for a moment thought that outdoor walking would be manageable during the...

November 28, 2020. Yes, conceptions, not just Immaculate Conception. I attended Immaculate Conception School from November of second...

November 21, 2020. It's been nineteen months since I taught my last class, an undergraduate management class at Loyola. For reference,...

I just watched a not-very-memorable movie about eight California high school 'besties' spending the last twenty-four hours together...

Where I swam competitively and to play golf -- not so competitively. Summers in the 1960's were remarkable in many aspects. The emergence...

The number beliefs people "get wrong" about capitalism and freedom never ceases to amaze me. “He who seeks freedom for anything but...

Strava enabled me to produce heat maps of my running exploits, from Appleton and Harrison (top left) to Timonium and Towson (bottom...

Fauci has a well-earned reputation for putting his ego well ahead of the science or the economics of Covid and the poor political...

July 17, 2020 -- Month five of the pandemic. Ed Lorenzi would have been 97 years old today. Summer continues, with hot, humid weather,...

By Steve Bigler I am a retired physician.  Over my career, I've had some contact with epidemiology.  I'll be blunt here: I came away...

Gaby ran a half marathon yesterday. Dena and I tried to show support, walking about five miles of the distance. It was a glorious, sunny,...

March 29, 2020. Sitting through the start of my third week of self-imposed isolation, with colleges across the country closed other than...