The Civil War was a terrible bit of history, not least because it isn’t just history. It’s still with us.
The Civil War was a terrible bit of history, not least because it isn’t just history. It’s still with us.
Call it “The Problem of Herd Immunity.”
America is at a crossroads. We can continue on the path where our politics are consumed by conflict, the nation drifting even further into bro…
America is at a crossroads. We can continue on the path where our politics are consumed by conflict, the nation drifting even further into bro…
Years ago, when we lived in the city, I used to take my toddler son grocery shopping.
Years ago, when we lived in the city, I used to take my toddler son grocery shopping. I joked I took him to the supermarket because I wanted h…
A lot of us have been hurting in some way from living through these dark times. Not only the pandemic, but also — and for most of the people I…
Imagine a present-day Rip Van Winkle waking up from a 20-year slumber and discovering that it will soon be time to vote in a presidential elec…
No Americans in their right minds in, say, 1980, or 1990, would have chosen for the American future where we as a nation find ourselves now—no…
All along, the battle of the 2020 Election has been over whether American democracy will survive. But there’s recently been a major change in …
It is nearly a certainty that, if Joe Biden appears headed toward victory, American democracy will face a threat of potentially historic proportions.
I’m in some turmoil about whether I’d be able to cope well emotionally with what our future may hold.
One of the interesting experiences I get from watching old movies (off my DVR) is that I get to glimpse often the world as it was when I was g…
The coronavirus pandemic provides a glimpse into some basic realities regarding the forces at work in life-on-earth, and humankind’s place in …
Not so long ago, as it first became evident that the coronavirus was going to deal a blow to the American economy, I thought: Wouldn’t it be i…
Contrasting the movies of a couple of generations ago with more recent movies — in how they depict the relationships between men and women — h…
It could be America’s greatest contribution to human civilization: the idea that the rulers are answerable to the people and must wield their …
In Congress, the Democrats and the Republicans are accusing each other of acting — in this impeachment process — out of partisan interest, con…
I’m not sure why I’ve always been very sensitive to loss. It doesn’t seem to be because I endured so much loss in my formative years. (The fir…
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If everyone loved their enemies, there wouldn’t be enemies.
The dynamics at work in our world are beyond anyone’s capacity to fathom. We can’t be certain, for example, about what will emerge from the Am…
Our nation has entered a legal process of great import. In the balance are the integrity of our political and constitutional processes, the wi…
One hears often lately about how America’s Founders sought to assure that America’s president could not become a “king” — meaning someone not …
In 2017, I published a piece here titled “The Sacred Space of Lovers.” It discussed “the space that lovers can create to inhabit together — a …
This is the third and final piece in a three-part series. The first — “Evolution” — was about how natural selection shapes the creatures and s…
Second in a three part series on “What Shapes Our World.” The first was on “Evolution.” The next one will be on “Good Battling Evil.”
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