DAVID BROOKS
This article, written by David Brooks about a new book by George Packer of The Atlantic, struck me as a pretty good analysis of where …
POLISH CHILDREN
This story, which is about a large group of Polish children, reminded me of the blog I wrote a couple of weeks ago about human …
THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES
“The Web beneath the Waves” is the title of a book by Samanth Subramanian, which is nothing short of frightening, when you consider the vulnerability …
HUMAN EMPATHY
I was reminded during this Christmas season of two very special events that demonstrated human empathy at an unexpected level and in two completely different …
WOMEN ARE NOT A MINORITY
Women are not a minority. I have never understood how the current leadership of “Woman’s Movement” has allowed itself to be subsumed, politically, into the …
VON TRAPP
The last living von Trapp child still helps run the family resort in the mountains of New England – a little piece of Austria, inspired …
THE VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT
The Voynich Manuscript has long baffled scholars and attracted cranks and conspiracy theorists. Now a prominent medievalist is taking a new approach to unlocking its …
WEIRDLY
The one line (queue) Americans (weirdly) choose to wait in, is the grocery self-checkout line, which is now often longer than the staffed ones. A …
SECRET TAX BREAKS
An article on secret tax breaks, written by the political analyst Robert Reich, identifies a development that seems to have slipped by the regular media …
PRESIDENT FOR LIFE
This article, President for Life, by J. Michael Luttig, complements his analysis of the “Rule of Law”, which I have published over the past five …