My first experience cruising (on a ship, anyway) was a delightful one; I was nine years old (1961) and traveled on the SS Argentina from...

A People’s History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence Ray Raphael A mind experiment I...

Music: I was able to see Loudon Wainright III live this Winter. Two songs are recommended: “White Wino’s” and “When I’m at Your House.”...

My last bite to eat from a food tour in Merida, Mexico was a taco made with a flour tortilla; its primary protein sources were cheese and...

The question of God by Armand Nicholi, Jr. CS Lewis and Sigmund Freud debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life…. A Harvard...

Editorials: IRS realities: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/13/opinions/republicans-should-drop-irs-obsession-brown/ Since trying to read...

Netflix: The Pale Blue Eye—nice period piece with a marvelous actor portraying Edgar Allen Poe Kaleidoscope—Hype was more than what...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/are-vaccines-fueling-new-covid-variants-xbb-northeast-antibodies-mutation-strain-immune-imprinting-116724836...

A recent family practice journal article tested me on the phenomena of testicular torsion (a painful condition of mostly growing boys and...

August 1990 Atlantic article by John Mearsheimer. “Why we Will Soon Miss the Cold War” Cleaning my closet, I found an old Atlantic...

Andy Rooney I am not; but this is close. With time, I have developed preferences when doing specific things: I like silent masseuses for...

Streaming Netflix: Kominski Method. This is an old series but beautifully acted and the short segments transmit beautifully many of the...

At age 70, an important principle to adhere to is this: Don’t let things get boring. Don’t live in a rut. This is Kernie’s story. Kernie...

Russia is so much in the news and is such a complicated country, I thought this book would be an interesting read: a Norwegian writer...

This links to a book review that is timely and links to an article in last month's Atlantic which suggested boys and girls develop...

Podcasts by Richard V Reeves: Why are men failing school work and life? Also, in October ATLANTIC by the same author: Redshirt the...

POLIO VACCINATIONS—I once reviewed a book called The Cutter Incident. It lays out the history of the development of polio vaccines. There...

Paul Craig Roberts was a supply side economist supporting the Reagan Administration. Mr. Roberts associates with Americans who have...

Firth of Forth; the two modern bridges One of the prettier distilleries The 19th century bridge--over designed and still going My fave...

Kernie and I planned a trip to Scotland a little less than a year ago; we contracted with a company we had used on a previous trip,...