As an older man, I’ve learned to fully embrace joy in whatever form it chooses to reveal itself. To caress the fleeting ...

This is the eighth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia — to spend some time ...

Who needs dystopian political science fiction in Amerika today? Real time nonfiction feels dystopian enough. The other ...

Before even taking office, Trump has conjured grotesque visions of what he once called the dreams of a “unified Reich.” His ...

I find joy in sorrow and sorrow is greater than laughter. An angel is not far from those who are sad and illness can ...

Gwen avocado (attribution), photographer unknown, n.d. “Is this truth I'm delivering up, or is it just plain kvetching? Or is ...

Towards the end of Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 novel, It Can’t Happen Here, the fascist dictatorship which has come to power in the ...

Suddenly, Yoav Gallant, Israel's notorious Minister of Defense, disappeared into obscurity. The man who served in his country ...

Arid winter. Supercharged Santa Ana winds. L.A. burns in January. Homes destroyed. Insurance claims denied. Politicians bury ...

While the west subsidizes carnage in Gaza and Ukraine, the east does the opposite. For instance, one potential far east ...

Much is being made of Donald Trump’s threats to use US power — its military, or its mighty import demand and trade deficit — ...

Almost all novels, from Cervantes’ Don Quixote and Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility to One Hundred Years of Solitude and ...