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On the Sestak thing. Republicans want an inquiry to see if the law was broken; they think it was. Democrats deny it's needed and let...

Domenichino One of the signs of a classic is that it appears to be inexhaustibly interesting and capable of new interpretation. Shakespeare....

It's 1960. The Oglala Sioux decide that their reservation has room for immigrants. So they import a couple of thousand Chinese from Mao...

Chatted with an old friend who's marking her 20th year of marriage. I asked her if she had ever thought of divorce. "Divorce? No, n...

that our first Half-African Prezident would be a proctologist? Progressive HBO Oracle Bill Maher, however, finds him insufficiently African....

B. is in Shanghai. 6000 miles away, 15 hours time difference, on the other side of the Pacific. I get text messages on my phone from him. He...

A poem that captures perfectly one of the aspects of middle age. Ghosts by Oliver Cooperman At fifty-three, I have lived long enough...

Johan Huizinga's 1938 classic, Homo ludens , Man Playing , investigates the element of play in culture. His five characteristics of play...

Will & Grace still has some funny moments. In Flip-Flop (2004) , Jack introduces Will and Grace to his crusty acting coach Zandra, playe...