Posts published in “Rhubarb Patch”

Is hunting a sadistic pastime? When a lengthy feature in the Tribune sports section in late 2001  portrayed big-game safari hunting in a favorable light,…

From July 1998 through August 2000 , I engaged in an email debate with Stephen B Presser, the Raoul Berger Professor of Legal History at…

 In February, 2006, I entered into an online dialogue with  Ahmed Rehab, then-director of communications for the Chicago Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations…

Introduction: 8/29/2000 The punching and counter-punching over school vouchers already has begun this political season. And that’s just on the Democratic ticket! But seriously, folks……

Introduction:  6/19/2000 Is sex before marriage always wrong? Is it a bad idea to tell young people that, if they choose to have sex, they…

 Introduction, 2/23/2001:  Is it true, as I often ruefully observe, that my grandchildren will engage in exactly the same debates over abortion that I’ve been…

NOTE– This edition of the Rhubarb Patch breaks with format in order to allow two advocate/newsmakers with opposing views to have a detailed discussion of…

Mystery novelist William F. Love and I have corresponded off and on over the years about many topics, most often religion.  Below is a correspondence…

Oak Park attorney Joanie Rae Wimmer (pictured here) has been a frequent commenter on trans issues on my Facebook wall, so I invited her to…

February, 2001: Is it true, as I often ruefully observe, that my grandchildren will engage in exactly the same debates over abortion that I’ve been…