The Philosopher's Stone

Later this morning, Susie and I will go to DC to have dinner with my big sister, Barbara, and my son, Tobias, who is driving down from Phila...

These are, for me, deeply depressing times.  I genuinely do not know how I am going to maintain some measure of equanimity, day by day, in w...

Settle down, this is going to take me a while.  I should like to attempt a thoughtful response to Robert Shore, who writes as follows: ...

Trump is apparently weighing a registry of Muslims in this country.  If he makes an attempt to implement such a plan, I think everyone oppos...

OK.  I emailed my Representative, asking him to sign the letter opposing the appointment of Steve Bannon to the White House Staff.  I joined...

I should have checked the  Washington Post  before writing my most recent post!

I received the following from someone who prefers to remain unnamed.  I reproduce it here because it strikes me as a sensible way that those...