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Posted May 12, 2017

It has been one of those weeks in political news that is impossible to ignore. Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey set off a wave of mostly negative opinion against ...

Why We Are Looking More Alike—And What It Means

Posted May 11, 2017

I spent the Easter weekend in Oxford, England. Before leaving, I took the opportunity to visit the Natural History Museum that is attached to the town’s world-famous university. ...

The Trouble With Happiness

Posted May 5, 2017

I was walking down the street the other day when I was assailed by two Mormon missionaries. “What makes you happy?” one of the young women asked. The question was posed as an i ...

The Most Perplexing Reason For Being Dumped

Posted May 4, 2017

It was she who cracked that first invitingly flirtatious smile at you. All that occurred afterward appeared to be standard dating stuff: a first text for coffee or lunch, a few ele ...

Is She Pretending To Be A Virgin?

Posted April 26, 2017

Given the liberality of sexual mores nowadays, you would think a girl’s virginal status (or non-virginal status as the case may be) a non-issue. Oddly enough, however, some girls ...

How To Face A World That Has No Boogeymen

Posted April 21, 2017

While on the patio of a favorite restaurant, having my wine and enjoying the rare sunshine that comes to these parts, I overheard a conversation among a group of three middle-aged ...

Brexit Update—The Snap General Election

Posted April 20, 2017

Most political observers were surprised by British Prime Minister Theresa May’s announcement last Tuesday that the country would go to the polls once again for a snap general ele ...

How To Socialize As A Non-Believing Couple

Posted April 13, 2017

One of the most irritating things about people of faith is their presumption. They assume that nearly everyone they encounter believes as they do. While in conversation with a reli ...

Your Life—Not The Lives Of Others

Posted April 12, 2017

One of the worse illusions perpetrated by social media is that everyone is living a great life—except you. Posts announcing engagements, job promotions, and book contracts; selfi ...

How To Avoid Hypocrisy

Posted April 7, 2017

I find it nearly impossible nowadays to go more than two weeks without touching on some matter related to politics. Politics has always been a product of culture; but until recentl ...