Lanny on Learning

For the past few years I have been making a monthly contribution to the local food bank, part of my usual charitable giving.  A couple of we...

I have a soft spot for schmaltzy movies and Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is one of my favorites.  I must have seen it a zill...

For those who are my age (and those even older) you may very well have read the book by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II .  I'm ...

I've read some pieces recently about Trump's misdirection and his taking actions to confound things so that others, the media and th...

This is a connect-the-dots post.  One form of connection is from the past to the present.  My blog started back in 2005 and some of the refe...

The past day or two I have been puzzling about whether the results of the Rose Bowl, a college football game where Ohio State overwhelmed Or...

Many of my friends and family are feeling malaise now, given the outcome of the election.  I am no different.  But where I'm likely to b...

What I write here was triggered by seeing an ad in Facebook about a Master Class taught by the well known writer, Michael Lewis.  I've r...

Giancarlo Stanton Seems like he could be in Canton But with so often going for the downs Its more probable to be Cooperstown. #MVPForTheALCS

The last week or two I've been haunted by the following metaphorical scenario.  A cancer patient has learned that the disease has meta...