There’s an ancient Buddhist parable about a group of blind men and an elephant, which offers a timeless lesson on perception and understanding. A group of blind men, curious about the elephant, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Every Saturday morning for several years until recently, my son Gabriel and I would meet in Madison, Wisconsin. We would go to our favorite diner on Willy (Williamson) Street for an hour or so. We ...

FRISCO - What does “all in” mean? My best explanation comes from the ancient parable “The Blind Men and the Elephant,” in which each man touches a different part of the beast and concludes that an ...

A poster by Ken Knabb collecting quotes about the Situationist International (January 1975). Reprinted in Public Secrets: Collected Skirmishes of Ken Knabb (1997). An expanded collection of the ...