Late last year, I published my book, Natural Wonders. Sometimes I can’t believe I actually finished it. Writing that book took a few years, but I really spent much of my lifetime

In my previous essay, I noted that deceit and cruelty are two tactics the Trump administration is using widely. The opposite values, truthfulness and compassion, seem to be scarce, on the run. These

What would happen if an alien ship actually visited us one afternoon? Picture it, a gleaming ship the size of a building just materializes in a very large field off the highway. Social

In a previous essay, I wondered what aliens would want to know about us if they arrived. I suggested they would want to know what our values are and how we engage with