A word of tree, a whisper of stone

“Rhetoric is a dangerous craft.” I warned my son soon after we moved to the US and he returned from school with an assignment to argue both...

In 1987 I was standing in a crowded hallway of the Courthouse in Prague. I was there with a large group of protesters to attend a process w...

Cornwall Congregational Church This Monday I traveled to Cornwall in Connecticut, a short two hour drive from Manhattan. I visited this...

Giambattista Vico In utter disbelief and bewilderment my European friends keep asking me about Donald Trump.     I point them to Giamba...

The controversy in the title does not indicate the cultural and political agitation which is currently gripping the bigoted segment of our ...

A mother Humpback with a calf just off the coast of Massachusetts. As a baby, I am told, it was awfully difficult to give me an evening...

Flames and fire in our culture are predominantly associated with danger and even with dark and evil powers. I was not aware how much it w...