"Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times."

I recently learned my liver cancer had gotten more aggressive.

When speaking of differences between men and women, we must speak in general terms, because man and woman are more alike than unlike, and though they may strive to reach the true home of the soul by separate ways, yet the home is ultimately the same.

For those who have eyes to see, this is part of the medical art. 

"I take this to Mommy." - A little boy in the woods.

"Goodbye Aeneas. Cherish our love in the son it gave us."
Virgil, The Aeneid

"One could find no other association more necessary nor more pleasant than that of men and women." - Musonius Rufus

"Now to cultivate something is to devote one's attention to it. . .

This essay is excerpted and adapted from the author's book, Things Worth Dying For: Thoughts on a Life Worth Living.

A contrarian climate change activist says that there's no need to panic.