Every goddamn day: 08/15/25

Typewriter Eraser Scale X, by Claes Oldenburg (National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.)       I came home from Washington,...

Only an idiot would have taken a photo of the rain. The tuna steak will have to do.       Pride goeth before a fall. And a dousing.      Yes...

Scopes trial, July 20, 1925 (Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution)      Chicago's most notorious attorney, Clarence Darrow, was...

        Just as predictions of the future are far more accurate reflections of the time in which they are made — the hopes and fears of the ...

The statue of Thomas Jefferson in his Washington memorial. Built during World War II, the memorial highlights diversity, equality and the ne...

Young people aboard the LaGuardia Link.          "We're the oldest people on this bus by 30 years," I said, then gave a second...

     My wife asked if I wanted to cover the mirrors. A Jewish tradition in a house of mourning. At first I said no. Many pressing practical ...