On a gloomy afternoon last week, some friends of mine and I drove from Lafayette, IN to the Indiana Dunes State Park. It was a bit too cold and dry to be outdoors for my taste. …

The tattooing has taken only seconds, but Lale’s shock makes time stand still. He grasps his arm, staring at the number. How can someone do this to another human being? …

About 3.7 billion years ago, on a small blue planet orbiting a humble star in a moderately-sized galaxy, the conditions so happened to be right for prokaryotic bacterial life to emerge. Through all the ups and downs that planet earth has been through since then, life has not only managed…

“Is he ghosting me?” “Is she mad at me? Did I say something wrong?” “Am I good enough? Does s/he even recognize and appreciate what I’m doing?” Although these sound like the thoughts of someone worried if their partner/spouse is mad at them, these are also the kinds of thoughts…