Opinion

Anyone who has traveled to a third-world country brings back stories of the poverty they encountered; of the extremes levels of hopelessness and despair that exist in those areas. Read more...

I'm blue. No, I'm not depressed, nor am I cold. I was talking politics.
Ah, that changes everything, doesn't it. Cable news networks have made it easier to talk politics by color-coding everything. Read more...

Yesterday I walked through the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem. There are four quarters of the Old City and the Jewish quarter was largely closed because of Shabbat. It was interesting to see the Wailing Wall so packed out. Read more...

I have become more and more convinced that narrative is the most basic object of study. The stories that we tell, especially the ones that fly in under the radar screen of consciousness, give shape and orientation to our world. Read more...