Growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness, I was surrounded by people who genuinely believed they would live forever on Earth in a world transformed into a paradise. Because of that belief, I often heard adults, parents and grandparents, say things like, “I always wanted to do that. I’ll
The park was unusually quiet for a Saturday afternoon. A few children chased one another through the grass beyond the fountain while an old man sat beneath an oak tree feeding birds with stale bread. Between them, on a weathered stone table, rested a wooden chessboard whose pieces had clearly
One of the defining problems of the internet age is not merely misinformation, but the increasing distance between people and the sources they claim to understand. In public discourse, it has become common for people to argue confidently about books they have not read, events they have not studied, theories
You sit down at a card table across from one other player. Between you is a dealer with a freshly shuffled deck. The dealer draws a card, places it face down, and asks each of you to guess the suit. “Hearts,” you say. “Diamonds,” says the other player. The dealer