Last year in September, my husband and I were ecstatic to find out that we were going to be parents for the first time. In our excitement, we hastily began telling family and friends. However, […]
The fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, 17, by George Zimmerman, 28, took place Feb. 26, 2012, in Sanford, Fla.; now Zimmerman’s trial is one of the most polarizing court cases in American history. The Project […]
“If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t.” These words have resonated with me since I first read them in journalist Michael Pollan’s book “Food Rules.” This […]
Paleo. Gluten-free. Vegan. These days, health fads are everywhere. But why do people subject themselves to these diets instead of eating Oreos and chips? Waking up from the anesthetic given to me during an endoscopy […]
If you’ve given even scant attention to the news lately, you have noticed that Syria has been much discussed. Why has this small Mediterranean country of 22 million citizens and vague Old Testament relevance garnered […]
As F. Scott Fitzgerald once said in his novel, “The Great Gatsby,” “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” With the changing of the leaves comes a new school year […]
In a society that Pope Emeritus Benedict once called a “culture of death,” the news of the Rev. Thomas Vander Woude’s recent appeal to the Facebook world was not only virtually life-giving but literally so. […]
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