"'Tis pity, the little time we have to spend in this world, we cannot enjoy ourselves and our friends" When Lucy Knox wrote those words in 1777, the British had begun a campaign that seemed likely to split the nation. Then, as now, America was seeking...
An administration whose daily goals of ever-increasing chaos and obfuscation are increasingly echoed by the world presents an age-old conundrum: how to see the forest for the trees...
With the escalation of both rhetoric and actions by the Trump administration (and facial hair sprouting like it's 1859), the unthinkable has peeked over our horizon like a rogue planet...
"With liberty and justice for all." A pledge we've all made to this country hundreds, if not thousands of times. But these days, some of those who govern us don't seem to have much allegiance to it...
Up until January 20, 2025, our colleges and universities were among the most important institutions maintaining our leadership in the world. Since then, they've been the target of relentless attacks, some of which may be justified...
Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari has argued that our ability to trust--and be trusted--at a distance has made us the dominant species on earth. The remarkable level of faith shown here should be our North Star--can we reach it?...
The spirit of '76 seems to be upon us, and with the installation of a new Pope, the spirit of humanity from time immemorial as well...
"We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately" --Ben Franklin...
"There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy: hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny" --Frederick William Robertson...
Division is the hardest of the basic mathematical operations, and whether we split atoms or nations, the result is the same: the release of a lot of destructive energy...
