SO WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE TODAY? William Zinsser, who died in 2015 at the age of 92, was one of America’s most esteemed writers and literary critics. His bestseller, On Writing Well, provided guidance to a whole generation of journalists. As a cub reporter, however, he despaired at his...
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What Face Do You See?
WHAT FACE DO YOU SEE? On September 6, 1975, Thelma Perkins, a 38-year-old mother of three who lived in Maryville, Tennessee, was assigned to the newborn intensive care unit of the hospital where she had just become a nurse. That day a baby arrived with extraordinary needs. This little...
How Are You Running Your Race?
HOW ARE YOU RUNNING YOUR RACE? Growing up in his native India, author Ravi Zacharias used to participate in a strange event on community sports days. It’s called the slow cycling race. The goal of the race is not to take off as soon as the gun sounds, but...
Valentine’s Day Is Approaching
VALENTINE’S DAY IS APPROACHING It’s time to buy a padlock, book a flight to Paris with your true love, and be “love-locked” happily ever after. That’s what tens of thousands of couples have been doing for the better part of the last decade in the City of Light. Sweethearts...
Who can make sense of it all?
WHO CAN MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL? During the course of a single year (1905), a young man named Albert Einstein submitted several papers to a German physics journal. This was surprising, since Einstein had no scientific pedigree, no university affiliation, and no laboratory to conduct experiments. He was...