When we think about threats to the continued survival of humanity, causes like nuclear war, environmental degradation, or an AI gone berserk come to mind. But inadequate attention is given to a more insidious threat to mankind, and that is the deterioration of what I...
There is no shortage of experts offering advice on how to have good sex. Although I don’t think of myself as an expert on sex, I do have some experience with it and thought that I would add my voice to the conversation about it by adding a few unconventional...
I am surprised from time to time by how many people I encounter who are not in a romantic relationship. I am not talking just about marriage, but rather am referring to a romantic relationship of any sort. (The Pew Research Center reports that some 31% of American...
On Vindictiveness, Vengeance, and Other Acts of Retribution Vindictiveness is the quality of seeking to do harm to another in return for an injury or perceived injury they have done to you. (In this essay, the terms “vindictiveness,” “revenge,” “vengefulness,” and...
Recently, I started attending Quaker Meetings in New York. (The formal name given to Quakers is “The Religious Society of Friends,” and they refer to each other as “Friends.”) I had long been interested in Quakerism; the value it places on authenticity,...
The subject of love has been written on more than any other human emotion. Books, poems, songs, plays, and films accord paeans to its sublime nature, its transformative qualities, its power to both lift us up and to cause us pain when it is lost. And it is complex,...
