Ignorance is Bliss

I don’t actually think that ignorance is bliss. In fact, I usually am firmly in the opposite camp: more knowledge, I say! As a society, culture or country, we tend to think of knowledge and intelligence as a good thing. Information is out there in the world and it’s our job to go out there [...]

Play Ball!

This may seem like an ordinary Friday to you out there in Internet-land, but here in Boston, today is the greatest of all possible days: Red Sox Opening Day at Fenway Park! And it’s not just any opening day. Oh no. That would be for lesser teams. No, today’s opening home game pits the glorious [...]

Peace

On January 15th, Dr. King would have been 82. Happy Birthday. “I accept this award today with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind. I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. I refuse to accept the idea that the “isness” of [...]