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…

I see that the New York Times recently made a “correction” to its much-ballyhooed “1619 Project.” The 1619 Project, of…

It was around 1973, and I was attending a small Midwestern college. This being the ’70s, the school was already…

If you make it to the end of Moby Dick (it’s been done), Herman Melville starts the epilogue with a…

I had the chance to meet a scholar recently, a woman from Norway. I went to hear her talk about…

I’m not a huge fan of the film The African Queen. I’ve actually only seen it twice. But I know it…

The news is full of the New York Times’ latest initiative in enlightening the masses: “The 1619 Project.” The plan…