How can we possibly imagine a world without books? Well, there would be one glaring consequence of that: you wouldn't be able to read what I'm writing (or really typing — which proves my point!) because if we live in a world without any physical media for written thoughts the internet would have never even crossed our minds. Reading, I think, is not only good for building a better self-knowledge and increase our critical thinking skills, but it also forces us to clear out the clutter of our minds to focus on plot, grammar, patterns, themes, etc., etc., etc.

If you were to sum up almost every major event within the past couple of months — if you were able to catch up with anything — in one word, my candidate would be chaos. Now, I don’t mean chao…

A working week of wacky habits from Grieg, Beethoven, Satie, Stravinsky, and Dvořák.

Consider the following thought experiment: you are an interviewer wanting to know more about the dynamics of major world powers—including those warring against each other—and for a significant proj…

The funeral drew world leaders, including President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who had a talk in the Basilica.

It's philosophy. It's art. And then there's my writing