“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” (Isaac Asimov, 1980) I remember a night...

For the past 18 years, I have driven past the same abandoned farmhouse almost every day. Lace curtains deteriorated from year to year, their remnants hanging on like tattered flags left too long in the wind. Summer vines crept over...

We started watching “Madam Secretary” a few weeks ago, after hearing high praise for the Netflix series from a number of friends, and now we’re hooked. Last night we watched the episode in which Elizabeth is suffering from PTSD. She...