That so many of us find it entirely plausible that a vast network of researchers and health officials and doctors worldwide would willfully harm chil…

- Eula Biss

What a dazzlingly generous, gloriously unpredictable book! Maggie Nelson shows us what it means to be real, offering a way of thinking that is as cha…

- Eula Biss

Our willingness to believe the news is, in many cases, not entirely innocent.

- Eula Biss

One of the paradoxes of our time is that the War on Terror has served mainly to reinforce a collective belief that maintaining the right amount of fe…

- Eula Biss

Fear is isolating for those that fear. And I have come to believe that fear is a cruelty to those who are feared.

- Eula Biss

And when comfort is what we want, one of the most powerful tonics alternative medicine offers is the word 'natural.' This word implies a medicine unt…

- Eula Biss

The opportunity to think with another mind is my preferred mode of travel.

- Eula Biss

I thought, how would I feel if my son gave one of those [underprivileged] kids chicken pox? For him it's not a terrible thing. We have good insurance…

- Eula Biss

A trust-in the sense of a valuable asset placed in the care of someone to whom it does not ultimately belong-captures, more or less, my understanding…

- Eula Biss