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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...

In the dark hours before dawn, I’ve been known to think about my past—often with some degree of chagrin and regret for things done and...

Among other issues which divide Americans so starkly the right of protest and the reactions it elicits speak to fundamental differences...

Of all the political messages which have filled my inbox, news feeds, and social media sites over the past several months, those I find...

You may be familiar with a disorder known as imposter syndrome that affects many successful people. It takes the form of a nagging or at...

What is the wellspring of compassion and empathy? How is it possible for humans to lose their humanity, to regard as enemies those whose...

I suspect many if not most of us have suffered to some degree from the effects of isolation over the past months. We are social creatures...

Some weeks ago, I wrote about someone who expressed a striking contradiction when describing a candidate for office. The precise quote...

Most of us have some personal treasure—an object that for aesthetic or sentimental reasons we have a particular affection. One of mine is...

Perhaps the most insidious violation of our sense of security and well-being has been the systematic erosion of trust in organizations,...

There is a wonderful though apocryphal story that was well known to residents of New York’s Greenwich Village area where I once lived....

I have often wondered how it is that nations are able to identify and elect leaders who inspire and govern with noble intent and...

Most of us are familiar with grace –one of those words that conveys many different meanings. For some it is an act of prayer offered in...

Any Presidential election year brings with it a great deal of controversy about voting—and the present period is for many reasons even...