by Morning Reflections | Jun 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
One hundred years ago, British author and philosopher H.G. Wells was one of the most lavishly optimistic thinkers on the planet.In his 1922 book A Short History of the World, he envisioned the dawning of a golden age. Even though the horrors of World War I had...
by Morning Reflections | Jun 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
If you’re a parent, and your child is seriously ill, nothing else matters.You would move heaven and earth to find the right doctor. You would pay any price for the right medicine. If you could, you would gladly take her place. In the case of a...
by Morning Reflections | Jun 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
A few years ago, I experienced the adventure of walking through an authentic European garden maze. The first time I saw an aerial photo of one of those labyrinthine backyard hedges – the playgrounds of the rich and bored during the Enlightenment – I yearned to...
by Morning Reflections | Jun 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
(c) Fox TV Network Malcom in the Middle, a sitcom about a comically dysfunctional family, was a smash hit on Fox for seven seasons (2000-2006). Lois, the overbearing mother (played by Jane Kaczmarek) is married to Hal, the emotionally immature but...
by Morning Reflections | Jun 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
On March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln stood against the backdrop of the U.S. Capitol and presented his Second Inaugural Address. Less than five weeks later, the core goals of his presidency – the surrender of the primary Confederate forces and thus the preservation of the...
