For quite some time, I have wanted to publicly admit my confusion. I’ve hesitated, because confusion is widely viewed as weakness. Being...

I suppose I could blame the big adventure of my early adulthood on Oscar Rebman. Oscar lived next door to my family growing up. A...

Should each of us be forever punished for the worst thing we’ve ever done? On the leadership team of a company I know, one of the...

I first thought seriously about “parent-pleasing” in my late 20’s, when I met a man I’ll call Otto Wentzler. Otto was a student in my...

I understand a delusion to be a statement, belief or behavior that contradicts generally accepted reality. I have warmed up to the idea...

The intriguing photo above depicts a colony of ants cooperating to achieve a goal. If you’re an ant, you don’t cooperate because you’re...

I attended a Catholic grammar school in Rochester. One time, during seventh grade, my teacher, Sister Roman, became exasperated at my...

When I was 37, I took a memorable trip to Bangladesh. Massive cyclone waves had just hit that country, killing 140,000 people. I saw...

Thinking about Thanksgiving, I realize that much of what I am grateful for has been dictated by forces that I cannot control and did not...

“One cold winter's day, a number of porcupines huddled together quite closely, in order through their mutual warmth to prevent themselves...