Early History is a Matter of Revelation
In his memoir Dreams from my Father, Barack Obama unveils something of the complex development of his identity. Written before his political career started, in his early 30s, Obama narrates […]
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A Great Escape
As a mother of three, with all the stresses and strains and baggage (gallons of it in my hands, and now even in the under-eye area) that that entails, I […]
A tale of murder and woe…or something
I’d like to take this time to draw all of your attention to a tragedy that happens every day right before our eyes: verbicide, “the murder of a word.”[1] Each […]
He Died to Save Us
It was meant to be a happy family day. It ended up being an unforgettably tragic one. Years ago, some of my wife Ana’s relatives decided to spend a day […]
Love Continued
The movie About Time features a plot that surprised and touched me deeply, both for what it communicated and for what it didn’t. The blissful, romantic laughing-in-the-rain movie poster had […]
Facebook Changed My Birthday
Last week my birthday arrived. It was a regular one, one could say, without any big celebration but with my wife at dinner. My youngest son just turned one, and […]
