On November 1, Robert Bigelow will reveal best evidence of life after death
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“I’ve followed you on many adventures, but into the great unknown mystery, I go first, Indy,” the dying man said to Harrison Ford in a scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. It’s a clever line from the 1984 Steven Spielberg hit — but layered within it is the eternal question for anyone […]
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The Woman who Made the Yellow Ribbon an International Symbol
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“I just wanted to give people something constructive to do,” Penelope Laingen said about her decision to tie a yellow ribbon around an oak tree in the yard of her Bethesda, Maryland home. It was December of 1979, a month after her husband, Bruce, and 51 others had been taken hostage at the American Embassy […]
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Understanding Funerals, Cremations, and Grief in 2021
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When the CDC issued “Practical Covid-19 Guidance for Funeral Directors” in late February, 2020, it was apparent that the world had reached an inflection point. Seemingly overnight, “business as usual” became “how we do business today and maybe tomorrow.” Dr. David Berendes of the CDC said that the purpose of the protocols was to “encourage alternative […]
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The Many Lives of Larry McMurtry
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Pulitzer prizewinning author Larry McMurtry grew up in a remote west Texas ranch house that was bookless. An occasional copy of The Cattleman, a trade journal for beef producers, was the only written material available to him. “There had to have been a Bible around, but I never saw it,” he said. “I don’t think my parents ever […]
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Exploring the Nature of Evil: The Nazis and the Inkblots
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In August of 1945, Major Douglas Kelley secured the prize assignment for a psychiatrist in post-World War II Europe. The United States Army selected him to evaluate the mental status of the Nazis awaiting war crime trials. These were the highest ranking German commanders who had been captured alive, a coterie who oversaw the worst atrocities in human […]
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