All Talk

Ease of communication will not save us

Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart by Nicholas Carr

Burned

“The White Heart of God” by Jack Gilbert

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Paige Ledom

Out of the ordinary

The Brahmin and His Imaginary Friend

How a classic paean to the honest virtues of a Maine fisherman obscured several ugly truths

Old Christ Church in Alexandria. Virginia, attended by General Robert E. Lee in his youth and pictured here in 1911 (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign/Wikimedia Commons)

Divided Providence

Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War

Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Union by Richard Carwardine

Cudillero

“The Terrorist, He’s Watching” by Wislawa Szymborska

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Keepers of the Old Ways

Eliot Stein on the people keeping cultural traditions alive

Above the River of Your Longing

Two new prompts

Mice and Spiders and Bugs. Oh My!

Are animal phobias innate or learned?

When Two Strangers Meet

Go On

Twelve Hats

Each a remembrance of times past

Time Marches On

(Except when it doesn’t)

Monster Mash

How a child deals with dragons signals adult mental health

Jump

Joe Strummer Day

Build a raging, leaping fire, okay?

Limericks That Leave You Hanging

When we expect to hear a rhyme and don’t

Tougher Than We Think

New study pinpoints a source of resilience to stress disorders

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