Category: people

my parents came back from cuba recently. for my father it was his first time back since 1979. many of the following are his observations. right now, when you bu...

beware adults who treat other adults as children. “they don’t need to know” or “they can’t handle the truth” is never an app...

The BBC: “Israeli transport chiefs spark Arab anger with a plan to replace traditional Arabic names on signposts with Hebrew versions.” Imagine if d...

From today’s NYT, currently the most-emailed: The Palinist “real America” is demographically doomed to keep shrinking. But the emotion it represents is di...

Last night, there was an outdoor game nearby. Soft waves of ah’s and oh’s rolled in for an hour or so. Spectator sports are a game of hopes and disa...

Recommended: Vanity Fair’s extensive coverage of a very smooth criminal. And while I’ll take this mass hysteria and maudlin showmanship over the pol...

Dr. Gelasia Marquez, responding to President Obama’s Independence Day email to supporters: Dear Mr. President, Thank you very much for today’s refle...

When diplomacy fails, so many suffer: “Saddam Hussein told an FBI interviewer before he was hanged that he allowed the world to believe he had weapons of ...

someone is building a house on the hill behind us. at first, when the work was tedious, the music was loud and mexican. now the music is quieter and 80s pop, pu...

It’s official: Italy is a parody of itself. The [new] Italian National Guard uniforms feature an imperial eagle, a symbol often associated with Fascism. I...