In 1968, Yukio Mishima (the pen name of the Japanese author Kimitake Hiraoka, 1925-1970) published…
Category: Philosophy
Several times in my life, I have been in circumstances in which I was not…
I recently completed reading Shūsaku Endō‘s novel Silence. I may reread it, but I’m not sure;…
I can trace the beginning of my dislike of phones to a particular date and…
Do creators have obligations to their creations? Do poets, for example, have any duty to…
Thomas Moore (1779-1852) was an Irish poet. He was a friend and biographer of the…
My mother was born in Hazard, Kentucky, in the United States on November 14, 1930.…
I once worked as a software quality assurance analyst for a pharmaceutical distribution company. My…
When someone in authority asks you to do something, it can be challenging, sometimes dangerous,…
Heidi is a beloved children’s book. Like many books written for children, it also contains…
Gershon Ben-Avraham 