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Among the most corrosive changes to the fabric of our society in the last decade, the systemic erosion of trust must surely be the most...

As I was thinking about this week’s topic, I thought I would look back on the past for some inspiration. As I did so I noticed for the...

There is an old joke about a Zen hot dog vendor and an acolyte seeking wisdom (and apparently lunch). The Acolyte says to the vendor,...

Over the past month I’ve read three books all of which had as a central element a story about faith. I did not set out with the intent of...

The other day we visited the Van Gogh exhibition which is touring in our community. If you have the chance to see this exhibit, I...

Although the mainstream press have not yet paid a great deal of attention to it, our country is about to hold Congressional hearings on...

Two of my favorite authors, Ernest Hemingway and Kurt Vonnegut share a common approach to the craft of writing. They both wrote for at...

The Court With good reason, the decisions, conduct and term of the Supreme Court have come into sharp focus for most Americans over the...

I am not the only person who will tell you that their car drives faster and better after it has just been washed. It’s alchemy, I swear....

I have a confession to make. I am a literary omnivore, so much so that on any given week I typically have three or more books, fiction or...

We’ve all heard the aphorism that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, a cautionary reminder that the law of unintended...

The other evening, I asked a handful of friends what their comfort foods were. It is a wonderful icebreaker question that never fails to...

Recently, we watched an original series based on the best-selling book, Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs and Classical Music. Don’t let...

The other morning sleep stalked me well past my usual rising. It was one of those under the blanket days—when I simply could not muster...

A leisurely walk through our botanical gardens today took us down a path lined with specimens of Bonsai eventually leading us in a...

I am of the age –or will be shortly that a friend waggishly described as entering the final quarter. Whether I make it or not through the...

In a recent post I offered up a perspective on the subject of artificial intelligence—or at least the kind of AI that has been making...

Etymology has long been an interest, admittedly as a consequence of learning in my early teens that J.R.R Tolkien was a professor of...

Observing the current state of impasse at which our two-party system has arrived, it is instructive to remind ourselves how we got to...

You’ve probably heard the expression, “the past is prologue to the future,” suggesting that events and experiences of the past inform...