Issue 302: The underlying disruption that'll soon hit
Does Arthur Miller’s classic, thriving on Broadway, indict capitalism? No, it captures human pathos.
Does Arthur Miller’s classic, thriving on Broadway, indict capitalism? No, it captures human pathos.
For a long time I have been interested in the stories of those who operated in the top tier of history but weren’t themselves rulers. Many were diplomats whose careers, for all their brilliant efforts, ended in disappointment. One was Sergei Witte, the long-serving finance minister who spent six months as the first prime minister […]
The Maine Democrat and Senate aspirant and his apologists are marinated in the jargon of therapy-speak.
Issue 301: Setting the daily tempo
Issue 300: A look back at the past 100 issues
When Conan O’Brien walks into a room people immediately get a merry look, and when he spoke at a university commencement this week it was good to see an air of expectation ripple through the crowd. The flame-haired entertainment icon didn’t disappoint. His message: Be modest. You’ll make mistakes. Don’t be afraid to try. Be […]
I want to mention America’s wide-openness. I don’t mean our traditional openness to foreign-born citizens, which is its own triumph, but our wide-openness to ourselves. It is unique to us, a tradition and a thing of lore. The thought is prompted by the death this week of the movie critic Rex Reed, 87, who was […]
Learning to Practice Life in Small, Delicious Pieces
It helps with the stress
It really was one for the books