This month I read Required Reading, Why Our American Classics Matter Now, written by Andrew Delbanco. Dr. Delbanco is the…
Lieutenant Tonder was dressed in his great gray overcoat. He entered the room and took off his helmet and he…
It must be added that these dauntless Yankees did not confine themselves to theory; they also acquired direct, practical experience.…
My, my, my, my, my, welcome, welcome, welcome, to the land of Expectations, to the land of Expectations, to the…
At a 1961 San Francisco symposium titled “Man and Civilization: Control of the Mind,” (Aldous) Huxley elaborated on what he…
Precision and truth are the lodestars of any nonfiction author, but, sensitive to the toxic legacy of this language, I…
“Travel broadens the mind and loosens the bowels.” A street vendor’s lamb kebob in Port Said drops Digby to his…
Where should the story begin? With “Doubting” Thomas, who insisted on seeing Christ’s wounds before he’d believe? With other martyrs…
She put her hands in her back pockets. “You know I’d lay down my life for that girl.” ” I…
I’d always thought every good American took his garbage to a landfill every week, but it turns out if you…