I still celebrate Christmas as my root tradition, to honor the birth of a great teacher, one whose words (or what we have of them) shaped the first few decades of my life in a good way. I was lucky to have a positive experience ( Read more... )

I almost always start my day with coffee, email, and CNN. It's become a habit, something I do automatically with one eye open. I do realize that my CNN habit is a holdover from 9/11. That morning I had been sick, got up late, and switched on the computer to check my mail. I noticed a small icon of something smoking on the home page news site, and ( Read more... )

I continue to be amazed, moved, and impressed by the peaceful opposition demonstrations going on in Egypt. Egyptian Christians celebrated mass in Cairo's Liberation Square today. There have been weddings. Children and their mothers are there. The sheer pressure of their presence is slowly bending the iron bars of repression.