This past week, Grand Canyon University, a private Christian university in Phoenix, cancelled an appearance by conservative Ben Shapiro, citing a desire to “bring unity to a community that sits amidst a country that is extremely divided.” This is hardly the first time that Shapiro has had the speaking rug pulled out from under him. [...]
Last week on a hike of "Mount Baldy", a 10,000 foot mountain in So-Cal near our home, I passed a group of college students going the other direction who were discussing Robert Frost’s famous poem “The Road Not Taken”. I overheard one of them saying, “Yeah, my teacher said that the poem isn’t what most [...]
I recently read an recent article by Ezekiel Emmanuel, Why I Hope to Die At 75. In the article, Emmanuel muses on the subject of aging and death. “Doubtless, death is a loss,” he writes. “It deprives us of all the things we value. But…living too long is also a loss. It renders many of [...]
