Several months ago, I broke with the last of my 4 publishers.  I’ve had 4 because the first  became ill and closed the business.  Another bought a company that held my contract and  turned out to be a crook.  Law enforcement eventually shut him down.  A third tried to change t

Of course it’s true, the rich are different from you and me.  They have more money.  That aside, if you look closely into any tribe, you’ll find quirkiness.  The art world is no exception.  Where else but there would an expert who is in jail for art forgery, hold court with di

Despite the growing loss of personal privacy on the world wide web, a number of idealists are fighting against the trend. (Click)  They are trying to give users command over their personal data.  In India,  “ a group of activists successfully blocked Facebook from implementing a

Recently, a former student contacted me.  She was organizing a high school reunion which included several of my former pupils.  She provided the time, date and location of the gathering, then asked if  I’d care to attend.  I was flattered, naturally, but more touched by her clos

With colleges and universities touting their science and technology departments over humanities and the arts, a person could forget how much fun living the life of Indiana Jones (Click) can be — minus the poison darts, of course.  But it is possible to live the life if one has

In the 1960s, I toured Makerere University in Uganda.  Later, during that visit, I found myself seated at dinner beside one of the African instructors.  The country had recently won its independence, and the gentleman was not only ebullient about the future, he was a virulent critic

In a recent article, Megan McArdle, a onetime Ralph Nader supporter now turned Libertarian, argues the time has come to throw out  Row v. Wade, the High Court decision that made abortion legal in the United States.  (Click) To support her position, she points to Ruth Bader Ginsberg

In  recent primaries around the country, several left leaning or socialist candidates won their elections handily.  The biggest upset was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s defeat of fellow democrat and longtime incumbent, Representative Joe Crowley from New York’s Bronx district.  Her

Recently, House Representative Maxine Water’s exhorted right-minded  people to  confront President Donald Trump’s cabinet members in public places to protest his unconscionable policy on immigration.  (Click) Several Facebook friends agreed.  One man remarked if others werenâ€

Recently, I opened my Facebook page to take the temperature of the comments left overnight.  At the top of the news feed was an msn.com article someone shared (Click) about North Korea’s continuing efforts to strengthen its nuclear capability.  The article came from Fox News.  Th