There’s an episode of Rick Steves’ travel show where he deals with Martin Luther, the Renaissance, the invention of the printing press a...

It seems that at least once in every writing project I run out of ideas, ambition and confidence. Right now I am working on two different projects a...

O God, who hast hitherto supported me, enable me to proceed in this labour and in the whole task of my present state that when I shall render up at ...

As this quadrennial season of self-flagellation and lunacy drags to its inevitable conclusion, a ray of hope breaks the horizon: baseball season is ...

  7 Brief Lessons on Physics, by Carlo Rovelli, is a book that everyone should read, and I do mean everyone. From my perspective, anyone trying...

I have been working simultaneously on two very different writing projects for a couple of months now. Initially I thought one would take off and I&#...

  I am reading ‘As Yet’, a collection of essays by Christopher Hitchins. I find him a frustrating guy to read, for a couple of reas...

I found a box of John D. MacDonald paperbacks in my basement, so I grabbed a few of the most recent titles and I am re-reading them now. JD was one ...

Life, so goes the old saying, is like a shit sandwich, because the more bread you have, the less shit you have to eat. The problem with old sayings ...

I read ‘The World’s Strongest Librarian,’ by Josh Hanagarne, while I was on vacation. Hanagarne works in the Salt Lake City public...