In medical school, we are instructed that when performing a breast exam, we should reassure the patient at the end of the exam by confirming that her exam was “healthy and normal.” This particular phrase has been conceived to avoid saying such awkward […]
Václav Havel was an essayist and playwright in communist Czechoslovakia. He was an outspoken dissident to the communist regime and in 1975 he wrote an open letter to the president (or “general secretary”). In it, he critically analyzed the detrimental effects that the communist political system had on the Czech society and outlined his perceived […]
“We all need, at times, to escape the implications of our logic.”
Chicago Tribune writer Eric Zorn blogged today about his experience using a series of online political questionnaires. The intent, of course, is to have an objective tool (computer programming) compute the user’s answers to policy questions and determine the user’s ideal candidate. I found […]
Recently, as I was explaining to a visitor the various relief and development projects being implemented by our organization I was asked the question “how does the Gospel fit into that”. My immediate response was cliché and somewhat defensive until I gained enough clarity of thought to ask in return “what exactly is the Gospel”. […]
Author’s note: Today, I’ve written something a little different. This is an allegorical one-act play based on the reaction to Pope Benedict XVI’s September, 2006 speech on Islam. Some characters stand for individuals, while others represent nations or groups of people.
Setting: A dinner party at Angie’s swanky big city apartment. The guests continue to arrive […]
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