The Polar Bear Expedition
Over the past decade, author James Carl Nelson has filled a lamentable gap and made a niche for himself writing [...]
Of stove and screen
Working at my desk the other day, I felt the house cool as dusk fell. But since it's officially spring [...]
Twice as vice
Not a day goes by that I don't notice an example of an American trend I wasn't aware of during [...]
Dottoressa: An American Doctor in Rome
As a reviewer, I've read a lot of entries in what I might call the “foreign woman living in Italy [...]
Thursday night, the University Club
For columnist Madeleine Johnson, thinking back to long ago Midwestern evenings means card games and music, Lottie and Mildred presiding.
Fallacies on immigration
Whenever I used to tell people that I lived in Italy, the response was almost inevitable. "Oh, that's always been [...]
What you can and cannot see
The highlight of my 2018 was a trip to France to commemorate the centenary of the World War I Armistice, [...]
The greening of catalog culture
When columnist Madeleine Johnson was young, one Christmas catalog fit all. Not so in 21st-century America, a nation of tribes.
Going “home” again
More than a year ago, I moved to rural New Hampshire from Milan, where I had lived for 30 years. [...]
Crazy rich culture
One of the delights of director John M. Chu's comedy "Crazy Rich Asians" is hearing the reasons viewers worldwide are [...]
Meals with infants
The other day, after speaking at a conference and going out for dinner, I happened to pass a noisy and [...]
A jester’s glossary
Everyone knows that learning a foreign language exposes you to another culture. New words open doors to new ideas and [...]