
Coronaball
In 2003, American writer Michael Lewis published "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game," a remarkable study of Billy [...]

Foo fighter
When I first arrived in the United States I was saddened to find out that one of my favorite French [...]

“Freed” into fire
On May 25, 2020, police in Minneapolis arrested George Floyd for alledgedly using a counterfeit $20 bill. During the arrest, [...]

Hollywood “Times”
I will keep this mercifully short. On May 24, a Sunday, "The New York Times" pulled a cheap stunt. It [...]

A hunchback named malaise
Italy has just begun the first phase of its coronavirus recovery plan. Factories are open. Citizens may visit local relatives. [...]

When way of life comes first
Trey Hollingsworth and Dan Patrick are not household names in the United States or elsewhere. Patrick, the 70-year-old lieutenant governor [...]

Max’s burden
Here is a Rome corona-anecdote whose numbers will one day fill volumes and be wryly recited. My plumber Max cannot [...]

With Underwood aforethought
A not especially subtle American president made a very shrewd move the other day. Breaking from his immoveable optimism about [...]

An Eastertime dirge
The meaning of life is that it ends. • Franz Kafka, dead of tuberculosis at age 40. It is the [...]