America has always been a spiritually creative country. From the insights of the Founding Fathers to the various historical periods of "great awakenings," America has been a startup nation for repackaging the spiritual impulse. Published November 13, 2017
We have barely begun to mourn our freshly dead, the latest American victims of rage and hate and guns, massacred at a worship service in their Texas church. Published November 6, 2017
It is time to stop the practice of treating human remains as product for profit. Published October 30, 2017
A nation bewildered and stunned by the carnage in Las Vegas searches for answers and hints of explanations but so far has found none. Published October 10, 2017
Having failed dismally to replace Obamacare with an improved plan, Congress and the tweet-addled, highly distractible media have moved on to other issues, shiny and new. They seem happy to disregard health care in general, and the aging population in particular, as these two related and complex issues require time, effort and thought. Published October 2, 2017
"I feel like we're facing a major catastrophe," said my anxious neighbor, "like we're all pretending that everything's OK, since we can't do anything to prevent it, anyway." Published September 25, 2017
Imagine a neighbor who quietly lifted your house key, made a copy and returned the original, all behind your back. Now imagine that he labeled your key with your home address and left it in an open box on the street corner. Is that neighbor not culpable when your home is robbed, as it inevitably will be? Published September 20, 2017
We are soaked to the skin. First came Harvey, then came Irma, and now Jose is on its way. Published September 11, 2017
Ayaan Hirsi Ali -- black woman, feminist, Somali-born former Muslim, now atheist -- is on the hit list produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center, called A Field Guide To Anti-Muslim Extremists. Why? Published September 5, 2017
Why is Houston so vulnerable to epic floods? Because, as the old song said, "they paved paradise and put up a parking lot." (Thank you Joni Mitchell.) Published August 28, 2017
It's been a great week for terrorists. The week that began Aug. 12 with the deadly car-ramming in Charlottesville, Virginia, moved on to see more violence in Europe; from the north, in Finland, to the south, in Spain. Published August 21, 2017
There is a deep well of suffering in America. Published August 14, 2017
This alarming finding was announced last week by an international research team: Sperm counts among men in western countries have more than halved in the last 40 years. Published August 7, 2017
Al Gore's prominence in the climate change discussion has led some in the media to assume that it's strictly a liberal and secular issue. They are wrong. Published July 31, 2017
What is the Trump administration's relationship with organized religion? The White House sends mixed signals. On the one hand, photos of last week's prayer circle in which Evangelical leaders laid hands on the President to invoke God's blessing, showed a president very much at home with religion. Published July 25, 2017
On Friday, three gunmen shot and killed two police officers at the most volatile spot on Earth, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Published July 17, 2017
There's an infection in our health care system and its name is greed. Published July 10, 2017
Happy Independence Day - a holiday we owe to the visionary signers of the Declaration of Independence back in 1776. From the youngest to the oldest - Edward Rutledge was only 26 years old at the time and Ben Franklin was 70 - the signers were people who took the long view. They thought in terms of the distant future; in terms of years and generations, not news cycles. Because of their long view, their leadership was transformative. Published July 3, 2017
The true voice of America - the spirit of the age - speaks from its lowest register; the bottom, where anxiety dwells. Published June 26, 2017
Britain has lost its way, lost its moral compass...and lost its mind. In the midst of a season of repeated and deadly terror attacks, the British decided to permit Hezbollah, Iran's proxy and international terrorist organization, to march in a parade through London on Sunday. Published June 19, 2017
