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Sherwin Nuland (1930-2014) was a renowned surgeon and Yale professor whose 1994 masterpiece, How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter,…
One of my personal heros in life was celebrated author, philosopher, journalist, and public intellectual, Christopher Hitchens. Hitchens lost his…
When physicist and renowned author Jeremy Bernstein (born December 31, 1929) penned a terrific piece on 37-year-old burgeoning director Stanley Kubrick for The…
Carl Sagan was one of the most important champions of astronomy, science, the cosmos, and so much more when he passed…
I once heard someone describe procrastination as a combined fear of failure and success. But procrastination isn’t the only debilitating…
In 2013 it’s safe to say the art of the love letter has lost its way. These days, a couple…