What Happens When Nobody Remembers the Enemy?
Why is iodine added to table salt? That random question led me from goiters to polio, MMR vaccines, water fluoridation and a larger question:
What happens when we win a war so thoroughly that nobody remembers the enemy?
When Skepticism Picks a Favorite
The tragic shooting of Johan Sebastián Guerrero prompted difficult questions about transparency and accountability. But it also led me to ask a larger question: Why do so many people who once distrusted government now seem willing to trust it when their preferred leader is in charge?
The Questions We Stop Asking
Watching The Godfather reminded me that our lives may be shaped less by the answers we defend than by the questions we continue to ask.
Growth begins when we refuse to let curiosity die.