Heaven on Earth

Monday, April 24, 2017 Last week, in response to my discussion of crosswords and other puzzles as a safe harbor from the randomness and ...

Monday, April 17, 2017 I was moved by a comment in this short essay about mathematics.    https://nyti.ms/2oepdry     The author describ...

Monday, April 10, 2017 Having recently finished reading Tim Weiner's fascinating book about Richard Nixon, One Man Against the World...

Monday, April 3, 2017 If you can remember back to election night, the minority president promised that "[t]he forgotten men and wome...

Monday, March 27, 2017 I'm not quite sure how they arrived at this list, but Trip Advisor has come out with another "best of...

Monday, March 20, 2017 A couple of times in recent weeks, my blog blasts have produced hundreds of error messages, reporting delays in ...

Monday, March 13, 2017 I wonder which makes Republicans feel better as they contemplate the repeal of Obamacare, the big tax breaks for ...