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Think in Many Tenses Jan. 01, 2016
It's complicated, this single life. On your own, shunning both dependency and isolation, after a whi... Read More
White House Inadvertently Admits That a Child Is a Child 'Even Before Birth' Dec. 23, 2015
The Executive Office of the President of the United States — aka Barack Obama — released... Read More
A Tale of Two Terrors: Paris and New York Nov. 19, 2015
Like most people, I'm thinking of the terrorist trauma in Paris, though with a somewhat different pe... Read More
Clerk Kim Davis Will Be a Lonely Footnote in History Sep. 02, 2015
Tricky business, this righteous outrage. You have to be so careful not to sound like a hypocrite whi... Read More
Just for Fun, Pretend Your Next Breath Is Your Last Jul. 15, 2015
Three summers ago, just days after my 55th birthday, my 4-year-old grandson stood next to me at the ... Read More
Intellectual Dishonesty Jun. 03, 2015
President Barack Obama's stance, expressed in his 2014 State of the Union address, is that the debat... Read More
Sheryl Sandberg Finds Her Way Back Jun. 03, 2015
Like so many people, my past 30 days have been full of the usual mishmash that makes life so crazy n... Read More
No Laughing Matter Apr. 01, 2015
It's true; if one enjoys an abundance of social status and privilege, one tends to live longer. Rese... Read More
A Mixed Papal Blessing Feb. 07, 2015
When the Gallup poll last asked, Pope Francis was rated favorably by 76 percent of Americans (includ... Read More
Social Media: Friend or Foe? Aug. 26, 2014
One day they're your pal, and the next they're your worst enemy. Social media are our two-faced frie... Read More
The Barn
Aug. 24, 2014
The Barn
Aug. 04, 2014
The Book of (Grocery) Lists Jul. 24, 2014
If you're trying to understand America in all its joy, desperation and weirdness, there's just one b... Read More
The Barn
Jul. 15, 2014
Live Long and Squirm Jul. 02, 2014
Over countless lifetimes, humans have sought the secret of immortality — or at least how to li... Read More
The Barn
Jun. 05, 2014
Free Range
Apr. 23, 2014
More Powerful Than Good Health Apr. 04, 2014
Q: Chuck, I know good health is one of the greatest things we can possess in this life. But eventual... Read More
Nest Heads
Apr. 03, 2014
Strange Brew
Mar. 31, 2014
