I watched the Superbowl yesterday (including the football part). First time in my life that I cared who won. My husband is from New Orleans. He lived there for the decade of the "Aints," when the New Orleans Saints were far from Superbowl material. By the end of last night's ...

I have a new post on the Park Forum: "Is Scientific Research Driving Us Crazy?"

No deep thoughts to record this morning, but two points of possible interest:

One, for anyone in the greater New Haven area, I will be doing a book reading from Penelope Ayers at Yale tomorrow at 4:00 pm at the Dwight Hall Library. Click here for directions. To read excerpts ...

Peter and I, like many Americans, have talked a lot about Haiti recently. We've wondered what we can do to help. And the answer is pretty obvious: pray, and give money. The prayer part I know how to do (which doesn't mean I'm particularly faithful in doing it). ...

There's this verse in the book of Galatians that always catches me off guard. It comes in chapter two, after Paul has explained that he is going to preach about Jesus to the Gentiles, and the apostles in Jerusalem will take the same message to the Jews. Then Paul writes, "All ...