How to be brave
What are you afraid of? I asked a handful of people that question.1 These are some of the answers they gave: Violent crime: being attacked and…
Partially domesticated
They’d been hearing the sounds for a few days. Not regularly, just often enough to take note of how long it had been since the last…
A tribute
A friend passed away on Thursday. Perhaps I should say ‘died’, without the softening effect of the conventional metaphor, but I do not think it a…
Whose freedom?
‘They are going to kill us.’ Stephen closed the door behind him and pulled off his face mask. Terry barely looked up from his book. ‘Who’s…
Living in a material world
Most of the people living in the world today believe in the supernatural. If you’re surprised or shocked by that statement, bear in mind that many…
The knack of persuasion and the art of dialogue
I like football. I also like talking about football: analyzing what each team did well and not so well in a match, my team’s strategy and…
At the pleasure of nature
If you’ve never gone to a remote place in order to relax, eat, sleep, and do everything else outdoors or in some form of portable shelter,…
Ethical equity, pregnancy and personhood
Last year, my home state of Ohio passed a bill making it illegal to perform an abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected. Another five states…
Hope, for change
As I write these words, the world is in the grips of a deadly disease, with some nations’ swift and rigorous responses counterbalanced and undermined by…
Making purity potent
Most of us know at least one person who acts according to ethical principles that are not shared by most people. It may be someone who…