Are you killing yourself?

If you consider the top 15 causes of death (I just saw a list for the U.S. — see http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/usa-cause-of-death-by-age-and-gender), most of them are substantially related to behavior. The most obvious are suicide and accidents (the ones we...

What did you teach today?

I just re-read Tuesdays with Morrie, a terrific non-fiction book about a college teacher who gradually died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a neural disorder. The book made a point very similar to one made by Frank McCourt in his excellent memoir, Teacher Man, about...