The Philosopher's Stone

I taught my first class in 1955 as a graduate student Teaching Fellow in the Harvard Philosophy Department's Introduction to Philosophy,...

Yesterday I reported that after twenty-four years I am bringing to a close my scholarship organization for poor Black South African students...

Twenty-four years ago, after a memorable meeting with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, I launched University Scholarships for South African Students...

Avid bird-watchers will be pleased to learn that the little sparrow has taken wing.  In time, we shall clean out the birdhouse, turn down th...

I had a curious reaction after writing my little blog post about our condo porch bird house, reflection on which has taught me something abo...

If there are any readers of this blog as devoted to low movies as I, they may perhaps have seen the 2006 effort, Failure to Launch , a Sarah...

The NY TIMES today carried the obituary of Jean Bethke Elshtain, well-known as a neo-conservative political theorist.  The news of her passi...