A reader wrote to say she had some questions about Alice Munro’s short story, “Wenlock Edge,” and wondered if I had any insights.  Curious, I read the story then searched for reviewer’s remarks on the web.  I found few.  One commentator did point out that the tr

Events around the globe don’t seem to be pointing to a bright future. Besides polluting the environment, we seem bent on killing each other.  Perhaps that’s why the number of articles about how to stay happy seems to be multiplying faster than rabbits in old Mr. McGregor’s

When Stephen Hawking’s book, A Brief History of Time  came out several years ago, someone hid money at the back of one copy to see if anyone  got to the end of this complex work on cosmology.  The book hit the best seller list and remained there for 4 years, but no on