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Moral Moments

Ignorance is Bliss

by Joel Marks

Thank God, I’m not depressed. Or so my self-diagnosis proclaims after an informal discussion with a philosopher-turned-therapist friend of mine. He explained that the symptoms of clinical depression include loss of appetite for food and accustomed activities. I have none of that. Take these columns that I write: I throw myself into them not only when I am feeling light-hearted but also when I am in the depths of .

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