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- Behind the Hero on the Screen
- Bullying and Anti-Semitism
- Cellphones
- Elbowing God Out
- Embracing the Telescreen
- Fed Up!
- Freedom to Think
- Guns or Butter?
- How to Stop a Fight
- If you could be Superman
- Interview with a Repentant Vampire
- Isn't it Ironic?
- Legal Larceny
- My intolerance of faith
- Nothing but the Truth
- Profile in Courage and Conscience
- Searching for the Way out of Exile
- Skeleton in my Closet
- Spiritual Gridlock
- The Death Watch
- The Drifters: a generation lost in space
- The Gift of Boredom
- The Happiness Quotient
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe
- The Illusion of Influence
- The Limits of Liberalism
- The Man on the Street
- The Midpoint of the World
- The Poetry of Pop
- The Power to Change the World
- The Second Amendment and the Oral Torah
- The Unfairness Doctrine
- Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright
- Tony Soprano
- Vengeance is Mine
- What Ferguson teaches us about ourselves
- When Prejudices Become Principles
- When Violence seems the only Answer
Education and Parenting
- A Matter of Respect
- Building Character and Acquiring a Civil Tongue
- Handle with Care
- In Praise of Struggle
- Mirroring Parents
- Mistaking Identity
- No More Training Wheels
- Skydiving
- Thanking the Garbage Man
- The Danger of Lowering our Expectations
- The Death of Education?
- The Fallacy of Moral Relativism
- The Language of Confusion
- The TV Fix
- What teachers really want to tell parents
Festivals
Science and Nature
- Atheists in Bubbleland
- Dance with Joy
- Darwin's Appendix
- Face Off
- Is Altruism a Programmed Response?
- It's Right Before Your Eyes
- Noah Redux
- Random Nature?
- Spiritual Dialysis and the Biology of Virtue
- The Betrayal of Experience
- The Girl with X-Ray Eyes
- The Great Mistake
- The Illusion of Wisdom
- The Natural Order
- The Scent of Spirit
- The search for disorder
- The Self-Esteem Fallacy
- Walking in Circles
Tragedy and Suffering
- After the War is Over
- Flight 1549
- Grappling with the Mysteries of the Universe
- How the righteous have fallen
- Making Sense out of Senselessness
- Refelctions on 9/11
- Reflections on the Pacific Rim Tsunami
- Revisiting the Cause of Terror
- Spiritual Impressionism
- The Other Face of Tragedy
- The Puzzle Master
- The True Rewards of Giving
- Two Cheers for Pain
- What is Faith?
