I read somewhere that you don’t beat the Reaper by living longer. Instead, you beat it by living well. That makes sense, of course, and living life to the fullest is important to me, even though I find I am terrible at it. But while it is both inspiring and good advice, I can’t help [...]

A german photographer developed a work of art that focused on death. Specifically, the artist produced photos of people when they knew their health was declining and then after they had died. The work represented a fairly diverse group of people at different ages and gave the observer background information leading up to the person’s [...]

This is a reaction to Bad-Astronomers’ post on faith and science. I do not intend to prove you wrong. But there are other points of view – not particularly antagonistic to science – that are rarely heard. I don’t think we have to split faith and science dualistically. When splitting like this takes place, the [...]

This was found in his desk a few days after he died: “No one can understand Virgil’s Georgics unless he has been a farmer for five years. No one can understand Cicero’s letters unless he has busied himself in the affairs of a great empire for twenty-five years. No one can presume to have indulged [...]

This is a response – among many, I’m sure – to evangelical politicians who are intent on “Taking this nation back for Christ.” 1. This nation was never a “Christian” nation.     Thomas Jefferson was a deist who was interested in the ethics taught by Jesus and preferred to dismiss spiritual claims. John Locke and [...]