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When Nerds Get Happy
Why I'm Thrilled I'm totally hyped about the discovery that the Epstein-Barr virus is implicated in multiple sclerosis (MS). Seriously! Is it because I’m a self-confessed nerd? Maybe. But it’s more than that. Let me try to explain. Perhaps you’ll get jazzed, too. My...
My Daddy is Awesome
Her Daddy is Amazing! Many years ago, my 3-year-old granddaughter, Megan, came into the living room, announcing that she is carrying the doll stroller because she is very strong. I asked her if it was heavy, and she easily confessed that it isn't. Since conversations...
Consistency and Contradiction in the Bible
Contradiction in Police Reports Have you ever been in a car wreck? If so, the incident probably stands out in your memory as if it happened yesterday. My first accident occurred just after I’d dropped my eldest children off at school. I was taking the youngest to...
Holocaust Remembrance Day
World War II and Me My Birth Family I'm the granddaughter of a half-Jewish woman whose nieces, nephew, and sister-in-law were killed upon arrival in Auschwitz. Her brother, my great uncle, survived Auschwitz, but only just. This grandmother's Jewish fiancé was a...
It’s Complicated: What Can We Know About Science?
Frustration! My student blew out a breath. “Well, they look square to me!” We'd been discussing the shape of the onion cells (they're elongated). As an experienced teacher, I noticed the incorrect notation in her lab write-up and suspected that she had not actually...
What We Say Matters
My Sweet Rebel After adjusting my wailing baby’s cover to keep the drizzle off his clothing, I continued pushing the stroller up the road. My toddler was running on ahead, as she often did. “Cathy, stay away from the curb!” “It okay, Mommy. I not fall.” I ground my...