"Then we are living in a place abandoned by God," I said, disheartened. "Have you found any places where God would have felt at home?" William asked me, looking down from his great height.

There are more people than you think who want to have a challenging experience, in which they are obliged to reflect about the past.

At most, recognizing that our history was inspired by many tales we now recognize as false should make us alert, ready to call to constantly into question the very tale we believe true, because the criterion of the wisdom of the community is based on constant awareness of the fallibility of our learning.

Deciding what is being talked about is a kind of interpretive bet.

You cannot escape one infinite, I told myself, by fleeing to another. You cannot escape the revelation of the identical by taking refuge in the illusion of the multiple.

Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.

Our most noted satirists are true columnists and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented exposé.