One thing we humans have in spades is hubris. We like to think of ourselves as the most skilled, the most observant, and the most complex life form on this earth. In many respects, that may be true. We are capable of higher thought, communication, and perhaps most uniquely, innovation. The human body is certainly…
For a woman who wrote a book titled This is Not a Book about Benedict Cumberbatch, Tabitha Carvan sure knows a lot about the actor Benedict Cumberbatch. A lot. As in, she has a top ten list of Benedict Cumberbatch characters ranked by hairstyle. Also, she knows what movie Benedict Cumberbatch was watching when he…
A couple of months ago, at my son’s baseball game, I was asked to help settle an argument between some good friends of mine. Because we were at a sporting event, you might assume that the dispute in question was about a rule of the game or a play that had just occurred. You would…
Nonfiction books can sometimes get a bad rap for being inaccessible, uninspiring, or uninteresting, but in the hands of the right author, subjects you never knew you had an interest in can come alive. I would be hard-pressed to think of an author and researcher more capable of bringing a subject to life than Candice…
We have all experienced the Internet vortex. You go online to do “just one thing” with the best intentions - to book that reservation, to stay abreast of world events, to make that important purchase - and THREE HOURS LATER, you have spent the whole afternoon watching cat and dog videos. And by you, I…
I think most everyone would agree that being an adult is hard. Being a parent - no longer responsible just for yourself but also for the care and well-being of a whole other human being - well, that just adds a new level of stress to adulting. But to be the parent of a sick…
Today, March 23rd, is Red Cross Giving Day 2022. Around the world, the organization’s distinctive red cross has come to symbolize aid and hope during times of disaster. Established over 100 years ago, the Red Cross is an impartial, independent, neutral organization whose mission is to alleviate human suffering. Given the current Russia-Ukraine conflict, we…
How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question might just be the perfect book. Well… okay, maybe not perfect. Having just absorbed this book’s lessons on ethics and morality, it would be incorrect for me to oversell you. Perfection is surprisingly hard to achieve! So let me dial it back a notch…
What price is too high when standing up for one's convictions? Can there ever be honor in compromising one’s principles? The idealist may see the answers to these questions in black and white, but the realist knows that nothing in life is ever so clear. These questions lie at the very heart of Thrity Umrigar’s…
Korea: 1917-1965 Jade: a young girl sold to a prominent courtesan house by her desperate family JungHo: a homeless orphan hustling for survival on the streets of Seoul Yamada: a well-connected and high-ranking officer in the Japanese army MyungBo and SungSoo: old friends who find themselves on opposing political sides Over the course of decades,…
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