This week’s Wednesday News & Views is dedicated to Johannes Gutenberg and the printing press. With Gutenberg’s development of the printing press in 1450, mass production of written materials became a reality. Books could now be produced and sold by the multiple thousands, a radical departure from what had been the norm. By 1500, printing… Read More »
Sports Fans and Church Attendees
Most of you know that I’m an avid UK fan and I often declare my allegiance to big blue. One thing that makes it a lot of fun is the fact that there are a lot of us. UK never plays a basketball game without a large contingent of fans in the arena…no matter where… Read More »
Proud and Loud
I was talking with members of the stewardship committee last night at our church before their meeting started when I noticed a car pulling into a parking space near the conference room window. On the front bumper was a special license plate. In big blue letters it read “UK”. Of course I pointed it out… Read More »
You’ve Got To Be Kidding?
It’s a good thing I don’t live in Oklahoma City. Last week a five year old kindergartner was forced to turn his shirt inside out while at school. The reason…are you ready…it was a University of Michigan shirt. That’s right. The city school system enacted rules in 2005 restricting clothing after receiving suggestions from a… Read More »
Winners and Losers
The Kentucky, Syracuse, North Carolina, and Kansas basketball teams all have things in common this season. They each won their conference regular season championship, but lost in their respective conference tournaments. From a basketball perspective, those losses don’t mean a whole lot. The first three received number one seeds in the upcoming NCAA national championship… Read More »