The Wolverton Mountain Index of Articles

Articles

• THE COST OF GETTING AN INTERVIEW 5/16/04
The grueling advantage of getting an interview with Robert Novak


• LEARNING FROM MISTAKES 5/7/04
George Santayana, Abu Ghraib prison, and national hubris


• FILLING MARTHA STEWART'S SHOES 3/29/04
What if Oprah stops in?


• FINDING WOLVERTON MOUNTAIN 3/22/04
My interview with the BBC


• GAY MARRIAGE 3/21/04
Getting honest on a non-issue


• VOLUNTEERING TO BE MR. MARTHA 3/18/04
On my replacing Martha Stewart as America's decorating diva


• FEET OF CLAY 2/22/04
The nexus of Agamemnon and Ralph Nader


• DEBUT WITH A DOLPHIN 2/20/04
Reflections on swimming with a dolphin


• TRAVEL TIPS FOR A TROUBLED TIME 2/16/04
Hints for having a safe trip


• MANIFEST DESTINY 1/22/04
Divining the mind of the Divine


• MY MOTHER ALWAYS SAID, “ALLEN….” 1/13/04
Dealing with my mother's disinformation


• SAVING THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO 12/25/03
A present-day parable about our attempts to stave off the inevitable


• RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER 12/24/03
Revisiting the fabled reindeer


• BUDDHA WAS CORRECT ABOUT ONE THING 12/14/03
A present-day parable about tanha and televisions


• UNKNOTTING MY UNDERWEAR 11/24/03
Hypocrisy from the Anglican Church, to Rush's rehab, to the Confederate Flag


• FROM BALLS OF STRING TO ROLLS OF TOILET PAPER 11/23/03
Life comes full circle


• A MOAI FOR THE MAINLAND 11/16/03
Easter Island comes to Crown Point


• I VOLUNTEER! 11/3/03
My answer to stupid TV programs and commercials

• IT WASN'T MEANT TO HAPPEN 10/15/03
Learnings for our lives about Kennedy's death in Dallas


• THE LOCH NESS MONSTER HAS BEEN SPOTTED! 10/10/03
After years of disappointment, success


• TAOISM, TALL TREES, AND RICHARD GRASSO 10/7/03
What the former head of the New York Stock Exchange missed by not attending DeVry


• GAINING ENLIGHTENMENT   9/22/03
Reflections on the Dalai Lama's lifetime of exile


• JEFFERSON, EDUCATION, DEMOCRACY, AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 9/9/03
Learning our ABCs of history


• TOTAL RECALL--CALIFORNIA! 8/25/03
After they recall Davis, we can then invade California and bring democracy to that troubled state. It will be just like Iraq.


• MY "TOES UP" FILE     8/19/03
What to do with me when I'm done


• THE AMISTAD AND THE AMERICAN DREAM 8/18/03
Captain Pinkney's ironic vocation


• DREAM A LITTLE DREAM WITH ME 8/5/03
Reflections on boarding the HMS Bounty


• SPAMMING HAS GONE TOO FAR 8/4/03
Coping with spam


• BEFORE AND AFTER--WITH A TWIST 6/29/03
Musings over what I might have looked like


• NOW IS THE TIME TO GET REAL 6/22/03
Weltanschauung change in the Middle East


• HYPOCRISY 3/29/03
How hypocrisy about the past affects our national security


• THE VALUE OF TRAVEL 3/13/03
Reflections on travel and education


• PREPAREDNESS AGAINST TERRORISM 2/18/03
Get your duct tape, but don't forget the toilet paper


• MOVING WITH A MANTA RAY 2/12/03
Chasing a manta ray across a lagoon


• STILL IN SEARCH OF PARADISE 2/6/03
Update on my quest for the territorial grail

• "I DON'T DO BUFFETS...." 1/29/03
Sometimes you just can't please everyone

• RACIAL PROFILING DOESN'T EXIST.... 1/25/03
How I was nearly stripped-searched at O'Hare


• COPING WITH GROWING OLD 1/20/03
Getting up to date when you are dated

• AFTER CHRISTMAS BARGAIN SHOPPING IN SANTIAGO 1/15/03
Buying pareos from paradise

• BEING SCOTTISH IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC 1/10/03
The problem with French Polynesia if you are Scottish

• CHRISTMAS CATTLE RUSTLERS ON EASTER ISLAND 1/02/03
Stumbling upon rustlers and living to tell all about it

• CHRISTMAS MASS ON EASTER ISLAND 12/25/02
Experiencing the most memorable Christmas Eve service in a lifetime

• BRICK MIXING   12/10/02
A problem-solving approach to life

• "HEY, I WANT THEIR SCALPS." 11/17/02
The obscene quest to be the executioner

• ONLY IN AMERICA 11/03/02
Clash between medievalism and modernity

• FEAR FACTOR 10/07/02
Insights that surfaced from below the water

• TAKING THE TERROR OUT OF TERRORISM 9/11/02
Getting a grip on the new reality

• FOLLOWING IN THE FLIPPERS OF JACQUE COUSTEAU 9/06/02
Learning to navigate in the underwater world--Lesson 1

• SIMON SAYS 9/05/02
Reflections on my interview with Paul Simon

• JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS...OR RATHER WEEKS 9/04/02
My plight trying to see more clearly

• I SAW THE MOTHMAN! 8/20/02
My true account of seeing the Mothman of Muskingum College

• A THIRD GENERATION IS NEEDED 8/05/02
Answering machines with emotion recognition

• TRAVELING WITH NINE LIVES 7/25/02
Reflections on how close I've come to terrorism

• A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK 7/07/02
Do we really need another Ted Williams?

• "ONE NATION UNDER GOD" 7/04/02
Some background on the brouhaha over the Pledge of Allegiance

• SNORKELING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC 6/23/02
A practical guide for getting ready

• THE COST OF UNWANTED ADVICE 6/11/02
Whistle-blowers then and now

• KLM FOLLOW-UP 6/09/02
Advice about airline delays

• VANITY OF VANITIES 5/26/02
Humorous historical cautions of cloning

• STARTING TO LOOK LIKE ANDY ROONEY 5/20/02
Thoughts about the journey into the golden years

• TRIBUTE TO THOR 5/14/02
His journeys captured my imagination

• THE ANTS WILL LEAD US 4/29/02
Revisiting George Eliot and Silas Marner with Argentine ants

• JOURNALISTS OF THE WORLD UNITE! 3/25/02
First, it was ABC and Koppel; now it's Pitcairn and Campbell

• PROBLEMS WITH THE PITCAIRN PARADISE 3/13/02
Captain Cook was correct

• GETTING TO PARADISE LOST 3/1/02
You can't get to Pitcairn Island from here

• AMERICA'S IMAGE ON TV 2/26/02
Olympic reflections of America

• BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING 2/23/02
Clarion call of caution

• GUIDO’S GUIDE TO GOURMET COOKING 2/18/02
How to become a culinary expert and impress others in your kitchen

• WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN? 2/11/02
Reflections on life, death, and the hope for new life

• CIGARS FOR STUDS 1/30/02
A funny thing happened on the way to interviewing Studs

• MY FIRST INDIAN MEAL 1/28/02
Cultural shock at 30,000 feet

• DINNER WITH STUDS 1/20/02
Breaking bread with a legend

• PARADIGM OF PERSEVERANCE 1/12/02
Enjoying the journey getting to Studs Terkel

• ALL BUT THE PULITZER.... 1/10/02
Striking similarities with Studs

• WHAT NEXT? 1/8/02
Looking for a place to go

• TERMINALITY ENHANCES THE PRESENT 12/26/01
A koan delivered by the death of George Harrison

• …OR ELSE THE TERRORISTS WIN 12/18/01
A new understanding of a hackneyed phrase

• RACISM ON THE ROOFTOP OF THE WORLD 12/7/01
A lesson on pluralism

• GOD IS GOING ON SABBATICAL 11/25/01
My recent conversation with God

• MAKE ANTHRAX WORK FOR YOU 11/3/01
Using anthrax rather than being abused by it

• DELAY ON TIBETAN INDEPENDENCE DAY 10/30/01
Being in Tibet on a national holiday

• GROWING OLD 10/27/01
Two old men talk about Mongolia and growing old

• GOING BERSERK OVER TERRORISM 10/13/01
Dealing with our reaction to terrorism

• I DID MY PART; I SPENT MY $600. 10/3/01
Using my tax-refund check

• RIP VAN WINKLE OF THE 21ST CENTURY 9/27/01
On waking up to the reality of our world

• MEANING IN MEANINGLESSNESS 9/18/01
Finding comfort amid chaos

• FINDING SARA—Part 3 9/15/01
Three Saras arrive from China

• HOW NOT TO RUN AN AIRLINE   9/12/01
Stranded in Delhi by Northwest/KLM

• ON INDIA'S INDEPENDENCE DAY 9/12/01
Reflections on India after the British presence

• FINDING SARA—Part 2 9/3/01
Actually finding Sara in Lhasa, Tibet

• ON BEING LEFT-HANDED 8/28/01
…and traveling in India

• FINDING SARA—Part 1 8/16/01
Adopting a Tibetan orphan

• BRING ON THE OLYMPICS 8/14/01
The positive aspect of having the Olympics in Beijing

• ROYAL RAGE ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD 7/25/01
Thoughts about the killings in Nepal

• SEARCHING FOR SHANGRI-LA 7/10/01
A personal journey

• MORPHING MICHAEL AND MASLOW 7/2/01
On being like Mike

• CURSE OF KATMANDU 6/18/01
How free are we?

• CLONING 6/10/01
A downside of cloning

• MOVING LIKE A SLOTH BEAR 6/1/01
Thoughts on aging from the Dalai Lama

• FROM THE LAND OF RAGBRAI TO THE LAND OF THE RAJAHS 5/27/01
Preparing for a trip of a lifetime


• “MONKEY MAN TERRORIZES DELHI” 5/16/01
Breaking story from India

• MOVE OVER MADAME DEFARGE 5/1/01
Avoid catching McVeigh’s sickness

• THE PROCESSIONIONARY CATERPILLARS OF LIFE 4/16/01
Learning lessons of life from insects

• TASTE OF LIFE 4/5/01
Flavor ruminations

• “QUITTER!” 3/20/01
Top 10 ways not to be a quitter

• LEARNING FROM LAWRENCE 3/6/01
T. E. Lawrence as a role model

• CHEESE HOLES 2/19/01
Government standards for Swiss Cheese

• I LOVE YOU 2/14/01
A message to all those at sea

• THE IMPORTANCE OF UNIMPORTANT STONES 2/1/01
Learning from a Buddhist monk

• ACIDOPHILUS AND AGING 1/16/00
Advantages of billions and billions of bacteria

• DARWIN’S NOSE 1/5/01
How Darwin nearly lost out because of his nose

• WALKING IN THE SNOW WITH WENCESLAS 12/24/00
Wenceslas’ witness to each of us this Christmas

• BRUSH WITH DEATH 12/5/00
Vicarious learnings from my near-death experiences

• SYDNEY SYNOPSIS--THE CATHY FREEMAN STORY 11/15/00
Reflections on the Sydney Olympics

• INTERVIEW WITH DR. NORBU 11/1/00
A fresh look at Tibetan culture and beliefs

• DEALING WITH DISAPPOINTMENTS 10/14/00
Steps to success after facing disappointments

• GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER 10/5/00
Creating karma in your life

• LIFE IS MOSTLY MENTAL 9/14/00
Thoughts on the price of gas and life

• CYCLING COMPLAINTS 8/26/00
When you think that you have it bad

• ON THE WAY TO A WEDDING 7/23/00
Thoughts about life as time goes by

• AN OSTRICH'S THOUGHTS ON DENIAL 7/13/00
Thoughts about not sticking your head in the sand of denial

• LIFE CHANGING EVENT 6/30/00
A lesson about appreciation

• WRESTLING A ROTWEILER ON THE ROAD TO RAGBRAI 6/15/00
Practicing Taoism and cycling

• MALL-WALKERS 6/8/00
Observations about exercising mind and body

• HELPFUL HINTS ON THE WAY TO RAGBRAI 5/25/00
Preparation paradigm for biking and living

• HOMER’ S INSIGHT 5/11/00
Learning about life from Homer

• I’M THROWING DOWN THE GAUNTLET 4/13/00
A modern-day chivalrous challenge to all

• ON RIDING TO SAMARA 3/30/00
Avoiding dying of fear

• HE SAID THAT I WAS PRETTY 3/16/00
Feeding those starved for attention

• IT’S STARTING 2/28/00
Learnings from losing my keys

• WHY WAIT FOR A FUNERAL? 2/12/00
Reflections about life in the wake of Bob Collins’ death

• LEARNING FROM LORENZO LLAMA 2/3/00
Thoughts from a barnyard philosopher

• DON’T WEAR FLANNEL SHIRTS 1/20/00
Suggestions to avoid senility

• GET A GRIP 1/6/00
Preparation for the technological world

• LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEW MILLENNIUM 12/31/99
Faulkner's faith in our future

• GROCERY SAVERS’ CARDS 12/16/99
An insight into the meaning of Christmas

• NEW SCALES 12/2/99
The positive value to bad news

• C ELL PHONE DANGER 11/24/99
A clarion call to arms against the British--again

• IVAN THE THANKFUL 11/21/99
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

• DRAIN PLUG LESSON 11/4/99
A lesson about boating and life

• THE PAST HAUNTING THE FUTURE 10/30/99
Halloween’s message for our present fears

• FINDING STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS 10/7/99
Billy Joel’s contribution to your success

• KASLOR 9/23/99
A new acronym that reduces regrets

• WHEEL OF FORTUNE VIRUS 9/9/99
Change of perception due to computer disaster

• THE FLYING DUTCHMAN 8/25/99
Wagner’s opera has a message for each of us

• FALLING FORWARD 8/12/99
Practical advice about gaining ground when you fall

• ARGUING WITH A FOOL 7/30/99
Practical suggestions for resolving arguments

• PAIN AND GAIN 7/15/99
Advantages to pain

• "I’M AFRAID THAT HE’LL LEAVE ME." 7/1/99
Practical advice about romance and life

• PESSIMIST OR OPTIMIST 6/10/99
The choice is yours which you will be

• NESSIE 5/9/99
Learning from the Loch Ness Monster

• THE CASE OF THE BOILING FROG 4/10/99
An amphibian's legacy to us

• SPUTNIK 4/3/99
Teachings derived from the silent Sputnik

• GINKGO BILOBA—THE THINKING ELIXIR? 3/24/99
My attempts to find the fountain of (mental) youth

• DEALING WITH LIFE’S OXYMORA 3/4/99
How to avoid creating oxymora

• LIVING LIFE NOT CHANGING IT 2/22/99
Grandmother Oakford’s advice on life

• THE REHNQUIST REVOLUTION 2/11/99
Taking a fashion lead from the Chief Justice

• DNA WHEN WE NEED IT 2/6/99
Improving the world with cloning

• THE PIG PEN PHENOMENON 1/27/99
A prescription for mental health

• GODSPEED, JOHN GLENN 1/13/99
Thoughts concerning how quickly time goes by

• COUNTDOWN TO THE MILLENNIUM 12/31/98
Getting ready to usher in the new millennium

• PENNY-LOAFERS 12/16/98
Thoughts about finding happiness

• THE LESSON OF THE PIKE 12/10/98
Ways to avoid paralleling the pike’s behavior

• ONCE IN A BLUE MOON 11/18/98
Creating blue moons in your universe

• WAKE-UP CALLS 11/10/98
Responding to wake-up calls

• STEP BEYOND THE IMPOSSIBLE WALL 10/1/98
A lesson about life learned from the Great Wall of China

• BUDDHA WAS RIGHT 9/22/98
Thoughts about Buddha and my computer

• LIVE WHILE DYING 9/12/98
Advice about life

• MICHELLE AND THE WREN 9/3/98
Ways to cope with first flight fears

• LATE BLOOMER 8/27/98
Thoughts about making your dreams come true

• THE EELS ARE COMING 8/13/98
Coping mechanisms for potential disasters

• CRAZY AS A LOON 8/9/98
Lesson on life from a loon

• BACKLIGHTING 7/14/98
Thoughts about light, locust leaves, and life

• THE STATION AND THE BULLS 6/29/98
Thoughts about whether all the Bulls will return

• SEEING BEYOND VANITY - part 1 & 2 6/10/98
Chronology of coping with trifocals

• REINVENTING THE WHEEL 6/3/98
Campbell’s Ten Truths about life

• A COMET—LIFE IMITATING ART 5/7/98
Thoughts about the impact of the movie, Deep Impact

• AVOIDING THE HOOK 4/30/98
A lesson of life from a talk-radio host

• ARMOR—THE ART OF SELF-PROTECTION    4/16/98
Ideas on protecting oneself

• ALL IN A WINK OF AN EYE 4/9/98
A true story about total commitment

• COPING WITH BUTTERFLIES 4/2/98
Useful advice from a Buddhist monk

• GETTING INTO THE CANOE OF LIFE 3/20/98
Discovering your world from your canoe

• BATTLES OF LIFE     3/9/98
Learning the lessons of life from history

• DON'T GROW UP    2/28/98
About achieving the Fountain of Life

• WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW COULD KILL YOU     2/1/98
Doing something good for your heart

• ROAD RAGE IN A BAGEL SHOP      1/26/98
Food for thought about life

• SHAMPOO    1/12/98
Reflections on shampoo and life

• WAYS TO COUNT TIME IN THE NEW YEAR   1/5/98
Thoughts about having the time of our lives

• PUTTING SANTA CLAUS BACK IN CHRISTMAS    12/24/97
A Christmas story for the entire New Year

• DO RIGHT WITH WRONG
Thoughts about getting even

• WHAT’S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE...
A story about identification

• TWO PLUS TWO DOESN'T EQUAL TWENTY-TWO
Making your life add up correctly

• BUYING A YEAR'S SUPPLY OF VITAMINS
An insight into longevity

• PRINCESS DI'S DEATH
Learnings from Di's death

• IF ONLY
Correcting our perceptions about life

• RIDING TO ELDORADO
Challenge the Mountains of the Moon

• ROSWELL - WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?
Thoughts about the Roswell sighting

• THE ANATOMY OF A REACTION - part 1 & 2
Chronology of reactions to possible prostate cancer

• THE OLD MAN FROM ISTANBUL
A story about shared humanity

• A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH
A true story about living life while facing death

• TEACHING YOUR SHRIMP TO WHISTLE
A musical story about obtaining the impossible

• ANDROCLES AND THE COACH
A 20^th century version of Androcles and the Lion

• WHO IS REALLY MAD WITH MAD COW DISEASE?
Some thoughts on an edible Armageddon

• POETRY
Poetry about a grandchild

• TODAY'S SORROWS AND TOMORROW'S JOYS
Wisdom about life taught to me by a Chinese friend

• PREDICTING THE FUTURE
Thoughts about moving to a college

• WHERE DOES THE WHITE GO WHEN SNOW MELTS?
Coping with a lost love

• ON BEING MARRIED TO A PUMPKIN EATER
A story about dealing with abuse

• THE THUMB-EATING CLAM
Learnings derived from an accident

• GOLD MEDAL PERFORMANCES
A story about perseverance

• SKIING IN A STORM
A bonding process

• BUYING THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Will Rogers and the Brooklyn Bridge

• A STORY FOR THE SEASON
A Christmas story for the entire year

• LEAVING TRACKS
Thoughts about leaving tracks that last

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