This is the sixth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia — to spend some time in worlds beyond the pathological [...]
This year, the Jewish and Christian winter holidays are in cosmic synchrony. The evening of Dec. 25 — Christmas Day on the Gregorian calendar — falls on the 25th day [...]
Visual art is the the artistic medium most directly associated with money. A successful writer or composer may become financially successful. And a famous actor is usually well paid. But [...]
On the Saturday before Christmas, I accompanied my young aide (from Haiti) to the NY Metropolitan Museum of Art — The Met. I used to go every once-in-a-while, especially while [...]
Mental health services are crucial to our well-being. I think that most people will agree with me. As I write, mental health workers employed at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California [...]