This blog, not to mention the entire world, has been so fixated on politics lately that we have forgotten some of the most important things in life--…
Read moreAmerica has lost its greatest chronicler and oral historian. Please take some time and listen to Stud Terkel's radio programs on his Web site . I…
Read moreWell, who would have thought that a director as cerebral as Woody Allen could have evoked such an earthy performance from Penelope Cruz? Or perhaps h…
Read moreThis was the only clip I could find of my favorite Paul Newman movie, "The Long Hot Summer." The chemistry with Joanne Woodward was incredi…
Read moreAdmit it, with the Obama -McCain debate coming up in less than a week, aren't you secretly hoping that McCain will have a meltdown? You know, las…
Read moreThis particular event is for us in Boston, but the stamp will of course be launched nationwide. Speaking of the film world, I saw the Coen brothers …
Read moreIn a moment of weakness today, I saw the film in the Loews theater on Boston Common (one of America's greatest movie houses.) I have three basic …
Read moreI spent the afternoon at the British Museum today visiting the " Hadrian: Empire and Conflict " exhibition, which continues until October 2…
Read moreI am in transit today between Bristol, Stonehenge and London, so today, courtesy of Blogger's email blogging facility, we have a "guest blog…
Read morePaul Krugman, in an opinion piece in today's New York Times entitled "Know-Nothing Politics," raises what might really be the core is…
Read morePolice are saying that Jim Adkisson, the alleged shooter in Sunday's tragedy at a Unitarian Universalist church in Knoxville, Tennessee--which le…
Read moreNew York Times columnist Bob Herbert asks all the right questions about McCain today in a piece entitled "Getting to Know You." Check it o…
Read moreToday is the "national holiday" (Fete Nationale) in France, and as every year, there was a parade this morning down the Avenue des Champs-É…
Read moreMy wife and I spent the morning at the Musée du Luxembourg , where an exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Fauvist painter Maurice…
Read moreSerial rabbit killers, discrimination against gays, Obama's sellout of civil liberties--this blog is getting downright depressing. Time for somet…
Read moreYesterday, July 8, 52 retired generals and admirals released a statement calling for an end to the "don't ask, don't tell" rule fo…
Read moreAnd here's yet another way the rich are different from you and me: They have more psychiatrists. But according to a feature story in today's…
Read moreAs readers of this blog know, I am a big booster of Ken Laster's "In the Groove...Jazz and Beyond" podcast. This week's show featur…
Read moreOkay, the other day this blog had its first ever sports item, today is the first ever cooking item. Before he went into science writing, your blog ho…
Read moreThis week's "Straight No Chaser" podcast from the always terrific Jeffrey Siegel features a preview of acts from this weekend's Sa…
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