His reader’s voice
To revel in the words of a good author is like taking in the aroma of fresh coffee. Instantly, the [...]
Fight club
For those who believe history is cyclical and teaches that warlike periods cannot be averted, even in ostensibly enlightened times, [...]
Shaping words
A couple of months ago, I found myself decluttering with a frenzy. I’ve written articles about the how-to of decluttering, [...]
A history of enmity
President Donald Trump's nasty dressing-down of his Ukrainian counterpart may owe at least some of its origin to a man not even in the room, former President Joe Biden.
Upheavalism
The postwar world order is definitively over, at least in the West. Donald Trump and his minions of upheavalists — [...]
The cats of Agouza
The British Council, in spite of its fame in certain parts of the world, is an organization that here in [...]
Minus Rapture
Inventor-turned-wrecking ball Elon Musk is a sick man. This he may not even know, since zeal can sit atop a [...]
Review: Gun Island
A contemporary retelling of a Bengali myth, Gun Island is a novel brimming with magical realism while simultaneously fraught with [...]
Too close for comfort
An author who grew up in Washington, D.C., recalls watching jets and helicopters closely bunched in the gloaming sky and wondering, "What if . . . ?"
15-minute connection
The challenge of making friends with people who already have their own group of friends — now, that might be [...]
New Age dinosaurs
In a clever but ominous piece of reporting, London’s Financial Times suggested that by the year 2100, the wine regions [...]