As the American election heats up with the naming of Senator Harris as Mr. Biden’s running mate, we will help each other by following the wise counsel of Master Kung (whom we Westerners know as “Confucius”). The first task of … Continued
Medicine
What Will We Remember from COVID-19?
Housebound, and enjoying a brief respite from the cancer that is killing him, the New Yorker’s longtime art critic Peter Schjeldahl has been pondering Big Questions. Given his profession, his Big Questions might seem rather different than yours or mine. Among them, this … Continued
Can We Thank God Here and Now?
“In everything, give thanks,” commands the Apostle Paul (I Thessalonians 5:18). And, impressively, Paul wrote that sort of thing all the time to the churches under his care, even while he himself was in prison (Philippians 4:6). But seriously: in everything? … Continued