How to spend your golden years – do good
It was good to meet up with some old friends recently, people who were with me in secondary school, half a century ago. But not everybody was there. Quite a large percentage of our year had passed away. Some aren’t well, while others, whether by choice or not, have gone quiet. Most of us are […]
How to be mortal: A back and forth with Dr. Bridgette Portman | Back and Forth
Editor’s note: Bridgette Portman’s interview with The Daily Californian has been lightly edited for clarity and brevity. Dr. Bridgette Portman is many things: a playwright, a novelist, an instructor and an academic in death, to name a few. As part of UC Berkeley College Writing Programs, Dr. Portman regularly teaches reading and comprehension courses taken […]
To Philosophize is to Learn How to Die
I spent four years writing a PhD on philosophical definitions of time in the 16th century. Most of my research revolved around the subject of death. Every day I read discussions about the nature of the afterlife, suicide, pain, mortality, and of course — fear of death. With all this philosophical study under my belt, […]