I just saw a typical protest march in some Arab country on the news. I think it was Jordan, but it could have been Tunisia; I tend to get them all mixed up. I was late to the report, so…
Never Say You’ve Had a Lucky Life: Especially If You’ve Had a Lucky Life By Joseph Epstein (Free Press, 269 pages, $29.99) In the introduction to his autobiography, out this month from Free Press (sorry, this doesn’t mean you don’t…
With the spring heat and summer closing in comes a time of excesses, unpleasant brushing against male bodies, shortness of air, and unbridled alcohol consumption. All of these are offensive to the stylish drinker. Communal drunkenness is to be shunned….
Talking is easy. It happens when air passes from the lungs through airways and the larynx, making the vocal cords vibrate and resulting in sounds that, in most adults, we interpret as language. When those sounds correspond to the concrete…
The other day I was invited to a party at a pub with very young people. I didn’t like the place very much, but I accepted the invitation knowing that the host was a good friend of mine and believing…
SACRAMENTO — One of my favorite Soviet-era jokes involved a man who was admiring a shiny American car on a Moscow street. Another man approached and also admired it. The first man said: “What a beautiful Russian car. What magnificent,…
This Christmas I’ve eaten enough to play Santa’s stunt double if I wanted to bring presents to a YouTuber kid. I’ve put on so much weight that, on clear days, I can be seen from the International Space Station, right…
It’s Christmas, a time of love and peace for everyone except columnists. So I’ve decided to lend Santa a hand and suggest some gifts that will fit their recipients like a glove. (READ MORE from Itxu Diaz: White House Anti-Christmas Video…
