There is something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear.… But here are some hints of it: I live…

Tuesday The world is shifting badly. Just today I sat with two brilliant graduate students at a super-high-end restaurant in…

Sunday It’s the day of the Emmy Awards ceremony. I am feeling a bit strange about it. For one thing,…

Warning: this will be a little jumbled up because my thoughts on pneumonia are so powerful and have been jostling…

Hillary Clinton talks about half of the supporters of Donald Trump — they’re “racists… xenophobic… Islamophobic… homophobic… a basketful of…

Friday Summer is rapidly coming to an end for us here in Sandpoint. I hate this time of year but…

Monday Oooh. Close to the end of summer and it’s smoky up here in Sandpoint, Idaho. There are brush fires…

Hmm. Roughly eighty days to the election. Mr. Trump and Mrs. Clinton have submitted their tax plans and some generalities…

At her fine speech at the DNC accepting the nomination, Mrs. Clinton listed some things she would give away free…

Beverly Hills It is hot. Too hot. I awakened feeling happy, though. Maybe because the conventions are over and I…