Do You Have to Like the Main Character?
When I defended likability, I sounded, even to my own ears, naïve.
By Jeannette Cooperman
Dare We Say It? The Bible Is a Messy Book
Somehow I had come to think of the Bible as stuck together from the start, a sacred, ordained book on which we speak our oaths...
Locked Out
For eighteen years, I have been returning home, sliding that brass key into the lock, and stepping into comfort. Now I tense before I even try.
The Precarious Joy of Eating Lunch
On Saturdays, my mom and I went shopping, and around three in the afternoon, I would ask, in a small plaintive voice, “Mom, did we have lunch today?”
AI’s Ethics Are Evolving…into Satanic Blood Rituals
Aw, you humans have been scared of tech forever, the AI says....
What a Wise Greek Taught Me About Will Power
Prudentius offers “an ancient guide to not giving in.”
Decoding—and Recovering?—the Veil
No other garment is as modest and erotic, humble and powerful, obvious and enigmatic.
The Populism of Art
Why does art ease our minds? I think because it takes us away from words. It lets us express what words cannot. There is mischief in creation, after all. You are plotting and scheming, not mindlessly obeying.
Welcome to Cafe Coca Cola
Spies, revolutionaries, and film stars haunted the oldest cafe in Panama
First No Reading Lamps, Then No Books?
Will we stop reading altogether? And what will we substitute, to deepen our souls?
Does “Earthing” Work?
You know how disconnected we have become when it takes a craze to remind us to go barefoot and feel the earth.
Donald Trump’s Road to Damascus
A spiritual pilgrimage we never expected.