American and Italian sex scandals have little in common, since the former are Puritan and the latter appropriately Bacchic.

Eastern reporters still searching for clues to explain the ascent of Donald Trump repeat a condescending error again and again.

How many times have you heard someone tell you they're writing a novel? Truth is, most of the time they're not, or can't.

If you're a freelancer and work enters your life at its own pace, your local library (no, not Amazon) can enrich the passing days.

A summer vacation in New Hampshire feels like so many others until you realize its not a vacation at all.

The author arrived in Milan in 1992. Now, 25 years later, it's another city and another Italy. Or is it?

PBS had a golden opportunity to make World War I clear to a new generation, but forgot the fighting.

The author knew Charles "Chuck" Murphy in another life. Now, the one he knew is over.

Swimming in a Milan temple of fascism can help with the creative process, no tyranny required.

Pakistan, a country often pilloried by the West, affords one author with an oasis of energy.

Growing up in the U.S. Midwest, Christmas was a quirky mix of the vAnglo-Saxon and the Latin.