Well, what did you think about the trolley problem?  I wonder if you would have pulled the lever and changed the course of the train or let it continue on its track.  Like I said, there’s no easy answer…that is...

This week, we’re going to consider a few classic moral dilemmas. What’s a moral dilemma?  Well, according to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, it is a circumstance in which a person appears morally obligated to do each of two (or more)...

Alright.  You made it—well almost.  Spring officially starts at 10:46am today.  So, give it a few more hours.  But let’s be honest: None of us would be surprised if we got a blizzard next week, right?  Or if the forecast...

Today is the last day of Winter.  I wonder, will you miss it after it’s gone? The dazzling white blankets of snow, the glassy surfaces of frozen ponds and creeks, the skeleton trees; sledding and building snow forts, then curling...

A final thought on daylight savings time: Why the word “saving”? When we adjust the clocks, we’re not saving daylight or time, we’re just adjusting our lives to better align with it. We’re waking up and going to bed more...

I have another question for you: Why daylight savings time?  Why not night darkness savings time?  Why try to maximize our time in the light rather than in the darkness? Of course, the politicians give us practical reasons: More daylight after the workday or...

Well, on Sunday morning, we moved the clocks ahead an hour.   Apart from the curiosity of why we do such a thing, do you ever wonder, what happened to that hour?  Did we just skip it and jump forward...