- A Good Friend’s Bid to Be Remembered
12 Aug 2010
- Grand Champion Newbie Fairgoer
05 Aug 2010
- American Disasters, Then and Now [first published in the Baltimore Sun]
29 Jul 2010
- Dim-witted Thieves or International Conspiracy?
22 Jul 2010
- A Very Cool Customer Indeed
15 Jul 2010
- He’s Only Human? That’s No Excuse.
08 Jul 2010
- It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…the French.
01 Jul 2010
- The Friendly Skies of Perry County
24 Jun 2010
- What an Oriole’s Nest Can Teach Us about Politics
17 Jun 2010
- When the Work Itself Is the Reward
10 Jun 2010
- X Prizes, Time Zones, and Impossible Clocks
03 Jun 2010
- Creek-Thievin’ and the History of Longitude
27 May 2010
- Ekalled by Few & Exceld by None
20 May 2010
- That’s “Shermans,” with an “S”
13 May 2010
- When the Reptile Brain Meets an Open Mike
06 May 2010
- A Year in 52 – make that 53 -- Columns
29 Apr 2010
- A Single “Yes” Is All it Takes
22 Apr 2010
- The Tattered Legacy of a Glorious Revolution
15 Apr 2010
- When Time Crawls, Get Out There and Dig!
08 Apr 2010
- You Call Them “Pinkletinks,” I Call Them “Tinkletoes…”
01 Apr 2010
- The Wealth (and Unhappiness) of Nations
25 Mar 2010
- The High Cost of Fast Food Medicine
18 Mar 2010
- Getting in Touch with Your Inner Genghis
11 Mar 2010
- An Elimination Chamber Match, Washington-style
04 Mar 2010
- Going it Alone Isn’t What it Used to Be
25 Feb 2010
- At Home by Ourselves, the Day Being Dreadfully Bad
18 Feb 2010
- The Do-It-Yourselfer’s Guide to Snowshoes
11 Feb 2010
- It’s Very Realistic, But Does it Have Bad Breath?
04 Feb 2010
- It’s Never as Good or as Bad as You Think
28 Jan 2010
- Two Recent Cases from the Court of Public Opinion
21 Jan 2010
- Perry County Mouse, Capitol City Mouse
14 Jan 2010
- On Frogs, Camels, Pinch-Bugs, and the Supremacy of Species
07 Jan 2010
- Following a Red Brick Backward in Time (part three of three)
31 Dec 2009
- Following a Red Brick Backward in Time (part two of three)
24 Dec 2009
- Following a Red Brick Backward in Time (part one of three)
17 Dec 2009
- Tearing Walls Down, Only to Build them Up
10 Dec 2009
- The Boy on the Other Side of the Backglass
03 Dec 2009
- Putting a Price on Local History, One Bid at a Time
26 Nov 2009
- The Nuclear Power Industry's Dirty Little Secret
19 Nov 2009
- The Place from which I Write, Dear Father, May Not Be on Your Map
12 Nov 2009
- How to Outbid Yourself in Twelve Easy Steps
05 Nov 2009
- Two countries divided by a common language: HBO
29 Oct 2009
- Happy Anniversary, Shana! (Enjoy the Hidden Sonnet.)
22 Oct 2009
- The First Step in Recovering an “s” Is Always the Hardest
15 Oct 2009
- Government’s the Problem? What a Load of Rubbish.
08 Oct 2009
- A Jug of Wine, a Dry Basement, and Thou
01 Oct 2009
- I’d Like to Thank My Teammates, My Coach, and Especially My Nanny
24 Sep 2009
- The Missing “s,” or Geographic Power to the People
17 Sep 2009
- An Angry Historian, a Missing “s,” and Other Matters
10 Sep 2009
- The Violence that Passes All Understanding
03 Sep 2009
- The Story of the Scrambled Statues and a Request to Readers
27 Aug 2009
- An Appreciation of Daniel Miller
20 Aug 2009
- The Power of the Press and Other Delusions
14 Aug 2009
- A Very Large Withdrawal from the Bank of Experience
06 Aug 2009
- The Great Perry of Perry County, Part Two
30 Jul 2009
- How Great Was the Perry of Perry County? (Part One of Two)
23 Jul 2009
- Guns, Bells, Bonfires, and Illuminations
16 Jul 2009
- The Pennsylvania Snapper: Mother, Monster, Jumper, or Soup?
09 Jul 2009
- Before Crossing an Obstacle with a Firearm…
02 Jul 2009
- A Tale of Two Healthcare Systems
25 Jun 2009
- This Is the Grass that Grows Wherever the Land Is
18 Jun 2009
- The Poysoned Weed that Causeth Rednesse and Itchyng
11 Jun 2009
- One Hundred Thirty Years Old and Built for Love
04 Jun 2009
- Soon I’ll Be Down to 30,000 Packs a Day
28 May 2009
- Formication? It's Enough to Give You the Creeps
21 May 2009
- Can You Hear Me Now, Embarq?
14 May 2009
- Tilting at Fish Ponds
07 May 2009
- The Kind of Help that Helping's All About
30 Apr 2009