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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...

In the present state, where credible sources of information are deemed fake, fake claims and specious arguments proliferate and...

You may recall these words from the now infamous scene in the movie Network. The speech is delivered by Howard Beale, a disaffected...

A news report the other day offered an insightful commentary on the state of our society. The article, reported in several reputable...

Among the many justifications offered up by those who elect to go mask-less and without vaccination is the claim that they are preserving...

Contention has become commonplace in our lives. Amplified by social media and media in general, there is nothing sacred, nothing beyond...

We humans are often confusing and contradictory creatures. At times we are capable of expressing a nobility of spirit and a depth of...