I've got a lot in my backblog, but I also have a cold, so I won't be writing any more tonight. Here's what I hope to get to in days to come:
- A tribute to songwriter Cindy Walker, who died in late March;
- A tribute to urban critic Jane Jacobs, who died a week or so ago;
- A personal response to a recent flurry of articles about Christianity and contraception, including one about a Protestant couple (Sam and Bethany Torode) who rejected contraception, wrote a book about it (Open Embrace), but now have become Orthodox and have rethought their earlier rethinking of the issue;
- Recent changes to the Tulsa Whirled's web policy;
- Sen. Tom Coburn's brave and relentless battle against pork-barrel spending;
- Family news, including my daughter's wonderful school program last Friday and a cousin's wedding at Woolaroc;
and much, much more, particularly on the national and international scene, which I've neglected of late.