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I confess that I have had a sense of urgency most of my life, even during times when I felt most at peace. Patience has not come easily...

Whether other creatures have evolved language is a much-debated thesis but there is no question that story telling is a defining...

Among the ranks of those who espouse various conspiracy theories, ‘truthers’ represent a significant faction. Truthers unite behind the...

Have you ever taken note of how young children, even those of tremendously varied background and upbringing express a sense of what I can...

Among the many new political catch phrases introduced over the past several years the label of cancel culture is notable for its...

Trust is a knife’s edge condition. Hard to establish but easily violated, trust is at the heart of most if not all our justifications for...

Some years ago, I volunteered to help counsel recently diagnosed cancer patients. While I was certainly ill equipped to offer medical...

Over the course of the last year, and more recently following the events of January 6th, stories emerge of individuals who have acquired...

The other day I read an article about consciousness that speculated early humans engaged in a dialog with an inner ‘voice’ they believed...

Among the animals that inhabit the earth there are many examples of mutual protection, cooperation and collaboration. While we cannot...

George Santayana’s famous quote, “those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it”, has even more relevance today than ever...

You may recall that this phrase was coined in the late 70’s in connection with the mass suicide of the followers of a self-styled faith...

On the occasion of the New Year, I have been thinking about the tradition of reflection and resolution that some follow at this time....

As I write this, we are still weeks away from Christmas, when for a brief moment it is traditional even for those who traffic in...

After the year we have just had, to say nothing of the three years that preceded it, it is tempting to think about the good old days—you...

Many years ago, at a professional conference I attended a motivational speaker offered up this comment about risk taking: “If you intend...

Throughout the recent election and especially in the aftermath I have paid a good deal of attention to the so-called evangelical movement...

I must admit that I have never been comfortable with the simplistic portrayals of masculinity that are served up in so many movies and...

In the aftermath of the election pundits will offer up their analysis of why voters acted as they did and no doubt some of that will...

I have been wrestling for some time with a question I suspect occupies the thoughts of many others—how we humans have gotten to the state...