Winter 2020

The world doesn’t lack for immature adults living life at the mercy of negative emotions. Honest self-appraisal is the key to shattering a false self-image. But where to begin?

The plotlines of popular superhero movies may influence us more than any political broadcast ever could.

What’s the origin of algorithms? And what might their nature tell us about our own nature?

Millions of people now use assisted reproductive technologies to have children. How will IVF and embryo screening affect the future of family and society?

The book of Lamentations, though not often cited, serves as a microcosm of the human story.

A helpful perspective in understanding Lamentations is to look at parallels with the book of Jeremiah, but also with Deuteronomy.

Ideologies are about what we choose to believe. In Thomas Piketty’s Capital and Ideology, the author explores the past and current political-economic choices we’ve made.