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I am not supposed to say this, but I like being a human doing rather than a human being.  Doing, moving, chatting—those all feel right to me. ...

Dad’s face was gaunt, with skin hugging his high cheekbones and gray stubble enveloping his chin and upper lip. His bony shoulders poked out from a baggy...

Confession: I’m really bad at being bored. Traffic jams, my morning commute on the train, a long check-out line at the grocery story—waiting for...

Happy Friday! As always, your weekly roundup: A gunman stalked onto an Oregon college campus on Thursday and opened fire, killing nine people and wounding...

Happy Friday! And now, a special edition of the papal rapid fire roundup: In his first remarks on American soil, Pope Francis on Wednesday told President Obama...

There is a small Byzantine chapel in the basement of the library at Yale Divinity School. Named after Henri Nouwen, the visual focus of the tiny, round room is...

Rarely does late night network television provide something as emotional and poignant as Stephen Colbert’s CBS Late Show did Thursday night. In...