Philosophy and Me: A Life of Thought Through the Centuries
The other day, I went to a new acupuncturist. We got to talking, I and the nice young man who’d been assigned to me for my initial…
The other day, I went to a new acupuncturist. We got to talking, I and the nice young man who’d been assigned to me for my initial…
The other day, I spoke by telephone to my Israeli first cousin. In her young days, she worked for a British military unit stationed in the region…
And, as “the Gambler” says in the Kenny Rogers song, you’ve got to know when to run. I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s time to walk…
Suppose you thought that you had a past life in which you perished, by one of the methods in the Nazi repertoire, during the run-up years that…
In recent days, I’ve felt that it’s time for philosophy – the discipline, with its history and skills – to step up, as it did in days…
Goodness, who cares! you might well think, seeing the title of this column. But isn’t thatwhat concerns each of us, whenever we’ve been required or drawn to…
There is just one case I know of where two brilliant young writers published dueling short stories about each other, in which each is the protagonist and…
Lately, I’ve been reading You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays by Zora Neale Hurston, edited with an introduction by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Genevieve…
On the whole, I don’t hold a grudge. If I’ve been injured in some way, but the wound is either cured – or else not the kind…
We were in Phoenix, waiting for the connecting flight to Philadelphia, when we noticed a young couple and their little girl on the seats across the aisle…
By now, we’ve been home from California for over a week. But what an odd five days we had there! I’ll give you the condensed version. For…
Thursday, January 20th, was the 23rd anniversary of the day Jerry and I got married. In rabbinic tradition, God makes marriages. In fact, that would be the…
As far as I can recall, it was a specific event, leading to a particular experience, that gave me the defining theme of the work I’ve done…
If I could, I surely would stand on the rock where Moses stood. I don’t know which rock the singer had in mind. The great rocky crags…
We’re living through what are - like all times - the best and worst of times. As our calendar enters the new year, we can’t help asking…