Sanctity and Desecration
Sometime in 1858, Father Joseph Gallagher, a Catholic priest headquartered in San Francisco, traveled to Carson City for the purpose of...
Condors and Cages
Can animals think? Do they experience emotions? Until the mid-twentieth century, the generally accepted answer to both questions was no....
Alive, Awake, and Aware
Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night. 1889. Museum of Modern Art, NYC In Chapter 3 of the Book of Baruch in the Apocrypha, a collection of...