The Philosopher's Stone

I spent yesterday in computer hell. At 6:30 AM I tried to check in on a live cam and other streaming sites that I enjoy and discover that I ...

I assume by now everyone has seen or heard  this  extraordinary description by a nurse of her experiences with desperately ill patients who ...

Thank you all for your wonderful suggestions. If we put them all together, they would make a splendid first two years of an undergraduate ed...

My 14-year-old grandson, Samuel, has a birthday coming up. He has become intensely interested in politics, thanks to the presidential campai...

Thank you all for your thoughtful and well-argued responses to my question. After reflecting on what you have said, let me try to explain wh...

I would like to pose a question for discussion about which I am genuinely torn but I will warn you, if you cannot discuss this question with...

Thank you all for a vigorous and many sided debate responding to the article I linked to posted on The Daily Kos.  I should like to respond ...