Lars Walker

Years ago, I read a novel that impressed me deeply. But I couldn’t recommend it to anyone because it was…

You know they’re over there, when you think about it. Just across the border. Looking longingly in our direction. Dreaming…

This commentary (I won’t call it a review) requires this preliminary disclaimer: I have a business connection with the Norwegian…

What makes a person truly useful?

Last week I attended a preview of Robert Eggers’ new film, The Northman, in Minneapolis. I got in because I’m…

“I laughed, and then I asked Jen when she’d be giving me grandkids,” said my friend Ann. “She told me…

I’ve come up with a lot of excuses for not going to the gym over the years. But I think…

Recently I attended my first actual social function since the Late Troubles began. We were careful; we wore masks as…

One of my ancestors knew Abraham Lincoln. All right, that’s not strictly true. He was a collateral ancestor of mine,…

First of all, a confession. I’m not suffering all that much under the Lockdown, or Quarantine, or whatever I’m supposed…