I had a wonderful lunch yesterday with Terri Schiavo’s parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, during their brief visit to N. California. They appeared well and healthy, while of course, still grieving Terri. They are planning to move forward from here in a very productive manner in the hope of preventing future dehydrations and imposed “futile care” life-sustaining treatment withdrawals. More here as their plans solidify.
Notes on Anosmia
One morning several years ago, as my wife, Wendy, and I were having breakfast together, I had…
Empire of Unreality
Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985) was the author of three novels and two books of mordant dispatches from places…
The Dreadful Christ of Pär Lagerkvist
It’s dangerous to meet a god,” says the disgraced Pythia in Pär Lagerkvist’s The Sibyl. Her observation…