The Most Common Lie

The most common lie is the lie one tells to oneself.

An Early View of Anesthesia

The abolishment of pain in surgery is a chimera. It is absurd to go on seeking it today. "Knife" and "pain" are two words in surgery ...

Webster's View of American Expansion

I have never heard of anything, and I cannot conceive of anything more ridiculous, more absurd, and more affrontive to all sober judgment than the cry ...

Road Rage

Fighting rush-hour traffic from suburban Maryland to Washington D.C. can cause its share of near misses and irritating moments. One morning, a young lady ...

Ambition that Is Foolhardy

The kind of successor I may get may depend a great deal on the kind of predecessor I've been and how I've related to my own predecessor. To reject ...

Dangerous Overconfidence

When you are too sure of yourself, you are less on guard against the enemy. Be alert, therefore, for the devil, who, if he can claim even one hair of ...

Watch What You Eat

My father-in-law pastors a congregation in rural Pennsylvania. One day he found two containers on his desk with a note from a thoughtful church member, ...

A World Without Conscience

The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.

Research on Communication

"Great Sermon, Pastor, I Didn't Understand a Word!"

J. Scott Armstrong, associate professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania, ...

Inaction Is Risky, Too

"You took a big risk," somebody told me. But it would have been a greater risk to do nothing.