Apropos of nothing, really—and without further comment—let’s take a quick look at the state of American race relations in 1974, + more
Apropos of nothing, really—and without further comment—let’s take a quick look at the state of American race relations in 1974, + more
Yesterday I found myself at the Spalding Site of Nez Perce National Historic Park, where I read the following from + more
Is it me, or is it a little ironic that World Emoji Day 2018 falls in the middle of Cannibal + more
Tim Berners-Lee has regrets. From the very beginning, it turns out, the inventor of the World Wide Web “understood how + more
Thanks to a friend who lent me a copy, I’m finally reading Susan Cain’s Quiet: The Power of Introverts in + more
Ethan Iverson interviews one of my favorite musicians; the New York Times features one of my favorite authors; the New Atlantis + more
There was a time—not too long ago, in fact—when I thought that jazz was a dead art form. (I also + more
Last year, the missus and I spent Independence Day with the good folks of Rachel, Nevada, at the Little A’Le’Inn. + more
In the following dispatch to the New York Times, Samuel Wilkeson gives an account of the “Confederate bombardment” at Gettysburg, + more
Over at the Hedgehog Review (NB: sadly, they don’t actually review hedgehogs), Steve Lagerfeld assesses the rise of the contrarian crowd—then + more
Normally, I wouldn’t just throw a link up here on the blog without some sort of explanation or witty commentary. + more
Donald Hall died over the weekend. If you’re unfamiliar with his work, start here. “Fashions have always come back around + more
To anyone who knows her, it should come as no surprise that Courtney is responsible for sending me this link + more
This, folks, is how you hook a reader: Start with Noam Chomsky, Deepak Chopra, and a robot that loves you + more