Author: John Spevak

Imagine a university dedicated to healing, not just the body, but the mind and spirit, too. Imagine an education devoted to healing the whole person, including the techniques of different cultures over many centuries that have...

Loud, fast and urgent—that’s the way many people are trying to get our attention. I prefer calm, measured and understated. Newscasters and sportscasters are the worst. The evening news is delivered rapid-fire, and the first and...

Portland, Oregon, a city I recently visited for the first time, usually enters the news cycle, like other American cities, only when something very bad happens. You’ll hear about a city if it has floods, hurricanes, fires,...

If loyalty, generosity, neighborliness and kindness are the virtues that define a good person, then Butch Woltman, who passed away last month, was clearly a good man. Charles Joseph Woltman, known to his family and friends as...

I’m done with baseball. Or to be more precise, I no longer enjoy being a fan of major league baseball. Maybe it’s because my team, the Chicago Cubs, is so miserable this year. But I think it goes beyond that. Baseball, in my...