Beauty, Truth, Goodness … and Alzheimer’s
- Culture, Family, Featured, Health, Literature
- June 16, 2026
















No man is an island, it’s said. On the one hand, I would have to agree. One of the most pernicious intellectual weeds is the myth of the individual, the idea that men arrive in this world as blank slates. Individualism only seems plausible to childless men who have forgotten their parents. Men, in fact,
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Depending on which study you choose to believe, the average person complains anywhere from three to 30 times a day. Some people rarely complain, which means that others smash right through that ceiling. Complaining seems a part of human nature. In my case, I rarely complain about the weather, because I can’t do anything about
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“According to the law of custom, and perhaps of reason,” writes the great historian Edward Gibbon, “foreign travel completes the education of an English gentleman.” Gibbon was writing about the Grand Tour, a tradition among the sons of Britain’s landed gentry and the wealthy classes of Protestant Europe. Before taking up the responsibilities expected of
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When the Met Gala committee announced that billionaire Jeff Bezos would co-host the 2026 Gala, activist groups began protesting and several big names refused invitations to the event. New York City’s mayor, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, joined the boycott, citing his commitment to creating “affordability” for ordinary New Yorkers (by taxing the richest residents). The irony
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