The Screaming Pope

At birth, one is sentenced to life with no time off for good behavior. Parole? It’s the one case where it would not necessarily be desirable...

Here is what Boswell says about Samuel Johnson: "He had, from the irritability of his constitution, at all times, an impatience and hur...

 "A moment later, my first poem began. What touched it off? I think I know. Without any wind blowing, the sheer weight of a raindrop, s...

You may take a look at the image of Charlotte Rampling in the Kino Lorber promotion for a movie named Two Pianos  and ask yourself, do I loo...

The Origin of Species was published November 24, 1859. You might calender that date as man’s fall—at least from an evolutionary point of vi...

  Howdy Doody and Buffalo Bob Remember when you were a little kid and you mimicked your parents. "Johnny brush your teeth!" would ...

  What is it about logorrhea that’s so disconcerting. Eloquent speakers and tyrants have prolixity in common. The core of the pathogy and wh...