World AIDS Day

I just should not be watching reports from the Gulf Coast. I just keep getting weepy, which is just not what a man is supposed to be. But I feel like I need to be a witness to the horror, for these people. But what  [more...]

Back when I lived in cold, snowy Washington, DC, I’d hunker down on those cold days, not wanting to move an inch or lift a finger. But every once in a while, a warm day would come along and I would throw open the  [more...]

As I sit here watching a revival of Cosmos, a series that premiered when I was in high school, I find myself nostalgic for Carl Sagan and his unique way of combining science and philosophy. He would be appalled today at  [more...]