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Most of us are familiar with the story of Sisyphus, the tragic figure of Greek mythology sentenced by Zeus to roll a rock to the top of a...

As any reader of these posts knows all too well, I am not a theologian nor am I as widely read as I would wish. Perhaps that I why I...

One of the more fascinating yet bizarre theories to emerge over the last decade or so suggests that human beings are in fact living in a...

A recent photo of an anti-vaxx protester offered a perfect example of the corrosive rhetoric being employed to galvanize public opinion....

Along with a life-threatening pandemic, we are afflicted with an equally insidious malady these days, widespread disinformation and...

In the 70’s I worked for a company that was testing the idea of renting a new home video technology we now know as video cassettes (VHS...

Last week I wrote about deniers—and I wanted to take up that theme again focusing on those who invoke God or Jesus as their ‘vaccine’...

One of the behaviors that has been prominent in recent years is a seemingly irrational form of widespread denial over what should be...

We humans are profoundly occupied with our identities, whether searching for meaning in our lives or inventing our public personae. Who...

Among the many ways we humans are able to distort reality seeking selective confirmation of our opinions is the most prevalent. We are...

It is a curious thing that for a country which prides itself on a sense of individualism, personal liberties, and constitutionally...

A series of recent life challenges and my reaction to them has had me thinking about the mechanisms we employ consciously and too often...

Some years ago I was helping a friend in their garden and we happened upon a small sapling—by chance the sprout of a peach tree that had...

I’ve been reading a fascinating book entitled The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee. You may remember that Mukherjee, an...

It has been one of those weeks, filled with a series of unfortunate calamities, some small some larger, that will require the investment...

Many years ago, while in graduate school I had a part time job at a Doubleday bookstore managing the paperback department. The majority...

Some years ago, during a particularly difficult period I began journaling at the suggestion of a friend. I was not especially invested at...

Not long ago I wrote about the tragedy of the commons, a concept that emerged from laws governing property—usually land, held in common...

We humans are slippery creatures, so determined to offer up answers based on dogma, emotions, impatience, or ignorance rather than reason...

A recent study examined choir singers and amateur musicians while they were rehearsing in order to understand the effect, if any, such...