There’s a great deal of confusion surrounding the idea of limits and limitations, including by supposed philosophers. What are limits, and what are our limitations? It’s a question well worth…
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Martin LeFevre
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Though parochial minds think in terms of ‘the future of America,’ or ‘the future of Latin America,’ or ‘the future of Africa,’ the issue now, as never before in human…
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“Doubt,” I once heard a teacher say, “is like having a dog on a leash. You have to know when to let it run, and when to put it back…
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Despite my surname, I come from a family of recent Irish immigrants with long memories. I grew up hearing stories about 19th century anti-Irish prejudice in America, epitomized by “No…
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The upper branches of a large, leafless sycamore hold the last golden rays of the sun. In the deep shade below, the silvery water gently undulates downstream through banks still…
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Following a meditation under the massive old sycamore, I drop down the short, steep bank to the shallow stream. Standing under and little way away from the tree, I see…
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One of the greatest challenges facing humanity today is how to generate diversity and cohesiveness in a global society beset by the flattening of globalization, the dead-end of Western multiculturalism/pluralism,…
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As Aeschylus said in the 5th century BC, “In war, truth is the first casualty.” The new book by Robert M. Gates, “Duty,” which my local Barnes and Noble librarian…