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Esperanto: The Language of Hope
The idea of a universal language is praiseworthy but not without drawbacks—including the potential loss of meaning drawn from common human...
The Escape from Deterministic Darkness
File these thoughts under "Why Life is Perpetual Surprise" or "How to Dislodge Your Mind and Get Back to Creating When It Seems Like the World (and...
Russ Tutterow Memorial
On July 13, 2015, friends and colleagues of longtime Chicago Dramatists artistic director Russ Tutterow came together at the Goodman Theatre in...
Sailing with Einstein
When Irene Salinger was a teenager, she spent the summers in the country, where her neighbor was Albert Einstein. Einstein loved to sail and would...
The Joys of Discovery and Validation
Whether in science or in writing, the pleasure that results from any revelation is amplified according to its reach. But just as thrilling as the...