Why is it that every night, while we sleep, we are completely paralyzed, fully sexually stimulated, flooded with creative chemicals and forced to watch incomprehensible m...read full story
Three hundred years ago, the scientific thinking around Isaac Newton’s laws of physics led us to view the universe, our world, and our bodies as if they were parts ...read full story
In the classic movie The Graduate, Ben has just decided he is going to marry Elaine, the woman who has vowed to have nothing to do with him. When Ben tells his parents of...read full story
Hold up your hand, palm facing you, and find the horizontal line, or crease, that runs along the bottom of your hand at the top of your wrist. Find the same horizontal cr...read full story
“The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.”- Emily DickinsonIf the school of grace had its own motto, it would surely be: &...read full story
Both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. As our second president John Adams lay on his death be...read full story
My father brought me to Harvard for my first year of college. When we flew to Boston, it was my first plane trip. When we drove to Cambridge, it was my first look at the ...read full story
There’s no more permanent or certain characteristic of a vigorous mind than an unquenchable curiosity. I’m thankful that my grandparents never quelled my need...read full story
It was the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity arose for me to jump from being a voice on the radio to a face on the local news. Most of my friends were ecstatic about ...read full story
Your life is not hopeless as there are many things that make life worth living. The point is: where do you wish to focus? On the half-empty glass or the half-full glass?T...read full story
