Lew’s Place
The only place to be.
Hacking The Great Distractor
“We can learn to use technologies more wisely.”
Star Wars Memories
Still with the Force.
The Hardest Roommate
Me time, pro and con.
Springtime in Beirut
Dancing on the edge in Beirut.
Reviving Tithonus
Resuscitation doesn’t equal restoration.
Cold Shower Therapy
Immersive experience.
Philosopher on the Lathe
Creative practice = examined life.
A War-Scattered Family
“A War-Scattered Family.”
Consider the Turkey
Celebrating turkeys.
Work in Progress
Finding the story.
Critical Reading
Not quite nostalgia.
One Small Corner
SLIDESHOW | An uninhabited island in the East River.
Lose Your Illusion
A diamond’s value.
Boarder
On the benefits of Penn’s oldest student-housing tradition.
On Doctoring
A physician and bioethicist reconsiders his father’s medical paternalism.
Postlandia
Travels in a realm that neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, nor gloom of night can thwart.
The New Projects
Why affordable housing matters more than you think.
Tuning In
Bonding over baseball.
And the Band Played On
Rousing rendition.
Oh, Calcutta! (Er, Kolkata.)
What catches the eye and what stirs the soul.
Starving Bear, Drowning Duck
A life in art.
Return to Kirchberg
Bridging time and geography, briefly.
Failing Fallingwater
“Dagit, you there, what have you been thinking?”