Archive for October 2026

My earliest memory is of my mother reading to me. In my memory it seems like a Golden Book, but now looking back on it, I suspect it was more of a pamphlet produced by the children’s hospital in Fort Worth. I was three and getting ready to go to the hospital overnight to have my…

Not too long ago I was in a conversation with a friend. She told me she had recently talked to a mutual friend who was retired and was glad to have an opportunity to learn a bit about his experience. Our conversation moved on to other things, but it got me thinking. It reminded me…

First a bit of prologue. I know nothing about the incident at Cornell beyond what I have read in the public sphere. Everything I share below is from my years of experience working on university campuses, particularly in the realm of student conduct. I have not written previously because it is not my intent to…