WHAT DID SOCRATES MEAN??      I have long been fascinated and a bit confused by Plato’s claim that in his final speech before the Athenian Senate Socrates stated that “Wickedness runs faster than death”. Clearly, he was accusing the Senate of being “wicked” when it sentenced him to death for causing the Athenian defeat at…

REMEMBERING GOOD FRIENDS FROM WAY BACK WHEN             Over the last sixty years I have had very many students, many of whom I still remember. But along the way there has been a group of them that have stood out in my memory largely because we, for one reason or another, have remained good friends.…