15 May 2021 “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” -- Mae West I am 67 years old, the same age my father died,...

Love cannot be disembodied even in its most sanctified forms, nor is it without sanctity even in its most fleshly. – Thomas Mann, Magic...

In this three-part series, I wanted to reflect on the relationship between the erosion of our discourse on the Common Good and our most...

To distract my toddler one morning when my wife was trying to get him into the car, I picked up the cardboard container from some wine...

“So… what do you do?” When we ask this question, we are often asking what someone “does for a living,” but it means so much more than...

There is a real paradox in intimate relationships. No one wants to be alone, but for someone to be really with you, especially to be a...

One of the most iconic images of the Vietnam war era was of the “Napalm Girl,” Phan Thi Kim Phuc, her clothes burned away by American...

“This Be the Verse,” by Philip Larkin, 1971 They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the...

Consistent with the overall theme of Neuromythology, I am including an interpretation of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The myth can...

Parental Advisory: Explicit Content One of the truths about our neurophysiology is habituation, feeling less and less with repetition of...