Categories: culture

Christmas is not the happiest time of the year.

Christmas is not the happiest time of the year. It’s the most emotional. More >>

Eat, Drink, Be Merry and Ponder Universal Truth

I recently read a book by Dr. William Irvine called “On Desire: Why We Want What We Want.” I was engaged by the front half of the book, in particular the sections dealing with brain function and evolutionary biology. Overall. I did have some trouble with the tidy separation of emotion and intellect. I think the line is a lot blurrier than he suggests, though his underlying thesis is useful in explaining how the brain operates as much as an aggregation of specialized functions as a unified system.More >>

A Tale of Two Worlds.

It’s a little odd to live in two different places, especially when they’re four and a half hours apart. When people hear Mary and I commute between Avon, Connecticut and Southampton, New York, and have been doing this nearly every week, year-round, since 1992, the usual reaction is, “What, are you nuts?”More >>

Stupidest Idea So Far This Year

There has been talk, and some in the media have taken it seriously, that certain people would be better off not getting a college degree.More >>

Never Give In To Lazy Fact Checkers

I wonder if Winston Churchill would be amused or annoyed if he knew of all the brilliant quotes and witticisms attributed to him that he never actually wrote or said. More >>