Philosophical Disquisitions

( Series Index) Grief is often painful. When I think about my deceased sister, I cannot help but be struck by a deep sense of traged...

Philippe de Champaigne Vanitas  - Life, Death, Time [I dedicate this post to the memory of my beloved sister, Sarah Danaher Greene...

Scientists are sometimes dismissive of manned* spaced exploration. They think it is a waste of money and effort, often just an exercise ...

The Trap Door Spiders was a literary dining club that met in New York in the middle part of the 20th century. It was home to a number...

We’ve all heard of the Marshmallow Test . Put a kid in a room with a marshmallow on a plate in front of them. Tell them that they can ea...