Our Whack-a-Mole CountryOn Beating Back Human ArroganceWhen I was in 7th grade, we had a unit in school about the evils of smoking. I wrote a letter to my dad, full of the logic of the dangers…Jul 21, 2017Jul 21, 2017
Our Whack-a-Mole CountryWhat Children Teach Us About CommunityA new study is making the rounds, reporting that single mothers by choice raise kids who are just as strong as those in two-parent…Jul 18, 2017Jul 18, 2017
Our Whack-a-Mole CountryGetting PerspectiveWhat do we do when it’s clear we have very different perspectives about the same thing? Where might we find hope despite our incredibly…Jun 17, 2017Jun 17, 2017
Our Whack-a-Mole CountryOn Remembering the Continuous RiverWhile driving recently to my daughter’s Ultimate Frisbee tournament a half hour north, for the first time my father was confused about how…May 23, 2017May 23, 2017
Our Whack-a-Mole CountryIntuition: Redefining Boundaries of Mind“Don’t try to comprehend it with your mind. Your mind is very limited. Use your intuition.” — Madeline L’EngleMar 24, 2017Mar 24, 2017
Our Whack-a-Mole CountryBeing Known vs. Knowing“In a spiral galaxy, the ratio of dark-to-light matter is about a factor of ten. That’s probably a good number for the ratio of our…Feb 28, 2017Feb 28, 2017
Our Whack-a-Mole CountryThe Insularity ComplexOr, what I learned from Elle magazine this weekJan 28, 2017Jan 28, 2017
Our Whack-a-Mole CountryWhat Is the Human Perspective Worth?“From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.” — Thomas…Jan 20, 2017Jan 20, 2017
Our Whack-a-Mole CountryIs Everybody Wiser Than Anybody?I’m regularly struck by how our prism of vision is both narrow — no two people perceive the same thing in the same way — and at the same…Jan 14, 2017Jan 14, 2017
Our Whack-a-Mole CountryThe Interconnection of Christmas, Winter Solstice and Coral ReefsWhen I brought my Jewish vegetarian boyfriend home to Minnesota one year for Christmas, from our home in New York City, my grandmother…Dec 21, 2016Dec 21, 2016