Monthly Archives: March 2019

It was February when I finally went back to Bay Point on the Washington State coast. I felt my neck and shoulders tighten when I drove through the logging town…

PM Theresa May gives evidence before the Liaison Committee on matters relating to Brexit at Portcullis House in London, November 29, 2018. Press Association. All rights reserved.For months now –…

The clever folks at Apple have made their iPhones so intuitive that most people learn how to use them as they go along. However, that learn-as-you-go approach means there are…

Anna burst through the stage door, out into the chilly night air, the adrenalin of the performance still coursing through her veins. She’d been flawless; not a flubbed line or…

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels has become a household name after her alleged 2006 affair with President Donald Trump became public. While she’s reached mainstream notoriety, she isn’t forgetting her…

Image courtesy of Nueva Sociedad. All rights reserved.If we are to look at Venezuela from Cuba, and at Venezuela together with Cuba, we should go back to December 1994, when…

Five years ago, we found Gregory, a russet-toned guinea pig with unusually large eyes, at one of those “big box” pet stores that seem to be everywhere, high-ceilinged, cavernous emporiums…

Three trailblazing women — Kristen Bell, Josina Anderson, and Dominique Moceanu — were on hand to honor 23 gymnasts at a recent gala in Los Angeles. It was a night to…

In the frontispiece to Voltaire's book on Newton's philosophy, Voltaire's lover Émilie du Châtelet appears as Voltaire's muse, reflecting Newton's heavenly insights down to Voltaire. 1738. Wikicommons. Public domain.One of…

A witty poem from the American poet Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967).