A Closer Walk With Louis
February 3, 2022 | Jim Angehr
I give many prayers on behalf of my own kids, and here’s one of them. As my children grow into adulthood, I ask God’s help that they would become resilient, anti-fragile young men and women. “Anti-fragile” is admittedly...
Why So Phanatic?
January 26, 2022 | Jim Angehr
I have four kids, and with each of them I’ve had the talk. In this case, the talk isn’t about the birds and the bees but rather The Birds. I.e., the Eagles, plus the Phillies and the Sixers. The talk was originally precipitated by...
Rest and Unrest
January 20, 2022 | Jim Angehr
Hard to believe that it’s already a decade old, but one of my favorite books of the past few years is English author Julian Barnes’ The Sense of an Ending. I won’t bog you down with a complete plot rundown of the novel, but...
Into the Comic Zone
January 13, 2022 | Jim Angehr
From Aristotle through to the present day, many of the smartest minds in the world have sought to define and describe comedy. And they’ve failed. “Why is funny, in fact, funny?,” is a perennially and perplexingly difficult...
The Year in Me-view
January 6, 2022 | Jim Angehr
A handful of loyal Letters To You readers asked me last month to assemble a “what I’ve read this year” post before the end of 2021. I thought that was a horrible idea, and the answer was “no.” Mainly because I was...