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Select a Category Monthly Roundup Series: Habits Uncategorized

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September 2020

September 25, 2020

The End of Education

Is a college education worth it? Between rising costs of tuition and dubious outcomes of...

May 2020

May 14, 2020

Let Saint Benedict Lead You

As my regular readers will know, I spent last summer with Benedictine nuns at the...

April 2020

April 20, 2020

Don’t Waste This Time.

"I can’t wait for this to be over." In the month since the UK entered...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

A few recent finds

Here are four things that have challenged, informed, and fascinated me lately. 1. How Neuroscience...

February 10, 2019

Lessons from a Juvenile Prison

I volunteer at a local juvenile detention facility. For several years now, I have run...

February 03, 2019

On The Modern Prometheus

I recently re-read Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus for the first time in many years....

January 2019

January 14, 2019

Habits #3: Find a Friend

If you've been following this series, you know not to set New Year's Resolutions. Instead,...

December 2018

December 06, 2018

On neuroscience and individualism in Advent

The Nativity is astonishing. Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, was born of a...

November 2018

November 11, 2018

Your brain on prayer

There has been a surge of interest, in recent years, in identifying the neural correlates...

October 2018

October 07, 2018

Seeing in grey and white matter

I have something beautiful to show you today. And it’s a helpful metaphor for understanding...

September 2018

September 02, 2018

What clerical abuse does to the developing brain

I'm not prepared to share my words about the atrocities spelled out in the Pennsylvania...