The history of language is the history of humanity. It’s what separates us from the worms and the beasts. The philosopher Wittgenstein famously said that without […]
Where did we come from and where are we going? What causes me to write limericks with an obsessive single-mindedness? And why a series of limericks […]
From the earliest moments of human consciousness, our ancestors began telling stories to explain the origins of the universe and the creation of life as we […]
When my daughter was about five years old, she turned to me and asked, “Why is there a world.” I didn’t want to insult her intelligence […]
The story of Adam and Eve is one that every child hears. Seemingly simple on its surface, the age old myth contains layers and layers of […]