As 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 moreReaders closely following world news will have noticed quite a few articles recently about the situation in Afghanistan, all with pretty much the sam…
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 moreHuman behavior is very complex, especially human sexuality. Recently I wrote about the "gay paradox," that is, how could supposed "ga…
Read moreOn Sunday my wife and I walked from where we live in the 11th arrondissement (district) of Paris to the 7th, passing much of historic Paris on the wa…
Read moreNow for this blog's first ever sports item: The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Los Angeles Angels 1-0 yesterday even though they had a no-hitter pi…
Read moreThis week's "Straight No Chaser" podcast from the always terrific Jeffrey Siegel features a preview of acts from this weekend's Sa…
Read moreThis week on Bloggingheads.tv, my friend and colleague Carl Zimmer, one of America's top science writers and author of the new book " Microc…
Read moreThis is from the Culture Project in New York City, I've been on their mailing list since I saw George Packer's play "Betrayed" this…
Read moreThere's been a lot in the news lately about Stonehenge, the iconic, 5000 year old prehistoric monument in southern England. The June issue of Nat…
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