Americans have always placed a high value on privacy, though the constitution doesn’t explicitly grant it. The 1890 landmark work…

I We are accustomed to speaking of “diseases of modernity” or “diseases of modern life,” usually in the context of…

We are cowering from fear of COVID-19, but quarantine is not a cure to end the virus. The extreme measures…

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As we watch in great anxiety the rising toll of COVID-19, my mind has turned a number of times to…

I used to like driving well over the speed limit. I grew up well outside Atlanta, and the posted speeds…

While watching Donald Trump’s coronavirus press briefing last Saturday, my 92-year-old stepfather, Juan, made a curious observation. “The 21st century…

Picture a company picnic. Everybody’s sitting around having a restful time. Somebody — an energetic, athletic type — pounds some…

When I was growing up, Santa Claus was an inside joke that we all shared. Christmas Eve was at Grandma…

In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians held a three-day harvest feast at Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts….