Hyde Park's Corner

In recent correspondence, a friend offered some China news and a reflection about it: They just erected a 30 foot bronze statue of Confuciu...

Yesterday, Hu Jin Tao, President of the People's Republic of China, enjoyed being feted and heralded by American President Obama as lead...

Question: How do we best increase and prolong the highest functioning of the brain and intelligence? That's the basic question and mos...

If W.S. Merwin's singularly mindful and challenging verse served so well in bringing 2010 to a close, then Mary Oliver's touching s...

It's 2011, a new year, and I've concluded facebook just doesn't work for me. It felt wrong for me from the beginning, but it ha...

More from and about our poet laureate. "In the 1980s and 1990s, Merwin's writing influence derived from his interest in Buddhist p...

From Harvard Magazine: Acknowledging [Harvard psychology professor Matthew] Nock's expertise in understanding who is at risk for suicide...

It seems that Mary Oliver's heart goes before her, that she merely follows along--going where it leads her, sharing what it tells her. ...

    This, for those friends in Christ. Sometimes the Gospel accounts or the Epistles say it best, sometimes the Psalms or Prophets. For this...

President Obama's tax compromise with both the Republicans and his balking Democratic Party is okay with me, under the circumstances. Bu...

Contents:   I. America's Deepening Leadership Dysfunction II. China's Energy Leadership; The Clean(er) Coal Story III. China...