Results tagged “peacecorps”

Neo and Alice may have jumped into the Rabbit Hole, but most of us won’t sacrifice our security in the pursuit of Truth. We admire those who do, though—why else do we root for Frodo Baggins, ignore Jack Bauer’s ethics, and hope that Locke isn’t really dead on Lost? It’s easy to live vicariously through these characters; their quests encourage the notion that Truth exists without costing us anything. Because for many of us, the search for Truth does cost something: our illusions, our traditions, our ambitions. The scary thing is, we can’t know whether the risk will be worth it before we take it. We can, however, draw strength from the stories of others, like that of Richard Kiniry, leader of the Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia. Once he began his journey in 1968, he abandoned his path to the priesthood.

Oh no! Chanukah ends tonight, and Christmas is only a few days away! What's a last-minute-gifter to do?

presents us with an interesting question: if you could predetermine that your child would be born with a developmental disorder, how far would you go to prevent it?