Every goddamn day: 05/20/26

George Washington life mask, by Houdon (National Portrait Gallery)       George Washington planted vineyards and also ran a distillery. Thom...

      About 65 million packages are delivered every day in the United States. We all know the drill. Today's load of brown cardboard is ...

        Usually, they cry.       Because losing a limb is not subtle, not a hidden loss, like losing a kidney. You see what is missing. Ever...

Kitty, August, 2010           Billy Goat owner Sam Sianis died this week. While I certainly did my share of holding up the bar at the Goat, ...

       I went downstairs to walk the dog, turned right on Greenwood, and meandered. The night was warm, soft, lovely.      I should say I wa...

Breuget's electrical telegraph machine (Cabinet of Physics, University of Coimbra)     Here's an odd coincidence. On Friday, I grabb...

     "You're not gay, right?" said my neighbor at a table in the Hilton ballroom, packed for the annual American Civil Liberti...