The French 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment is one of the oldest of the French Marines and trace their roots […]
Death
“I ain’t afraid to die anymore. I done it already.” That’s what Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio, who rightly […]
There are a lot of books out there written by people who claim to have died on the […]
“Death is almost certain.” “Death is not always a great evil, Monsieur Champlain.” This exchange at the beginning […]
As it happens for all holidays, Halloween is marked by the annual parade of Quixotic, read-a-book, historians telling […]
I recently received a phone call that I had been expecting for well over a year. Though the […]
Have you ever spent time with someone who is dying? And I don’t mean someone who is surprised […]
Euthanasia is a euphemism. They share a Greek root for the word “good,” “eu-.” “Eu-phemism” means, literally, to […]
We’ve all seen them. Those insipid roadside church signs or social media gifs, full of pop theology and […]
I have been thinking, on and off, over the last year about the vanity and futility of life […]