I don’t know about you, but I’m not particularly good at interviews. Yet they seem to be a part of life, whether for college entrance, grad school, or job applications. For me, probably the toughest question is one everyone seems to ask: Why do you want to come/work here? Unless you’re being interviewed for your …
After attending a production of “C. W. Lewis on Stage” this week, my husband and I both came away impressed by one particular phrase: “contented worldliness.” It comes from Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters, in which Screwtape, an experienced demon, is coaching his nephew on the finer points of tempting humans. In this passage, Screwtape discusses the …
A nasty virus like smallpox or ebola is never “safe,” even when it’s contained in a laboratory. A contained biohazard is safer, but it is never safe. No matter how many times a lab technician sees a sign like this one, she can never, ever grow lax in her protocols for suiting up, handling, and …