Articles for the Winter 2019 Issue

The Changing "Reality" of our Universe
by Ernst Behrens
God in Experience
by Parker English
Epigenetics: Gene Regulation from Conception throughout Life
by Orlando Jack Miller
It's all in the genes, we may think at other moments. Here too, a closer look may tell us that the behavior of genes depends immensely on the contexts and processes that are the subjects of "Epigenetics" A .pdf of copy of this article is available here.

The Revolution That Should Not Have Happened
by Ed Weber
What could be more obvious and more widely assumed than that the American Revolution was necessary and inevitable? The author takes us back to 1763 to look at a range of decisions that could have gone another way. A .pdf copy of this article is available here.

The Treaty of Ghent: Opening the Way to Lasting Peace
by Wesler Turner

The War of 1812 is often forgotten in the United States. It ended with the Treaty of Ghent. This article takes a perspective most of us in the United States rarely consider—the Canadian—in explaining why the Treaty of Ghent succeeded where so many peace treaties have failed. A .pdf copy of this article is available here.

Railroad Trivia
by Bruce M. Flohr
For any topic, there is the "big picture," which we are always being urged to look at. It is easy to forget there is a lot that is fascinating and enlightening in the smallest details of the picture as well. Retired railroad man Bruce Flohr lets us in on some of those details in "Railroad Trivia." A .pdf copy of this article is available here.

Is a Liberal Arts Education Still Revelant in Today's World?
by Linda Porter and Joseph Huber

The two authors take up different views on whether a liberal arts education is still revelant in today's world. A .pdf copy of this article is available here.