These days the image that springs to mind when one thinks of French trains is that of the TGV (Train a Grande Vitesse). The sleek silver and blue 185-mph passenger…
Remember this song from somewhere in the 1950s I think? I believe for every drop of rain that falls A flower grows, I believe that somewhere in the darkest night …
In The Guadian UK of 18 May Naomi Wolf wrote the following: On Wednesday 16 May, at about 4pm, the republic of the United States of America was drawn back – at…
Trains are my favorite form of transportation. With this piece I am introducing a mini-series of stories of my various experiences on trains over the years. Nothing like Agatha Christie’sMurder…
Why do self-reinvention, flip-flopping and flat out lying come so easily to Mitt Romney? Could it owe something to his religion (cult?) that he dare not speak its name that…
I probably would not bother to jump into this one were it not for the fact that my old ”friends” the Jesuits have a dog or two in the fight.…
What I learned over thirty years as “Dr. Fate” from my students’ adventures in “lifeboats” It is now a century since that fateful night in August 1912 when the reputedly…
Polls have shown that America, perhaps the most metaphysically credulous country in the world, would more likely be willing to elect a Muslim or a Mormon as their president than…
This piece was originally posted on 9.13.2005. Now that what I call ideologically-loaded “Bush Court” has already done significant constitutional damage and could very well gut or repeal The Affordable…
There are a lot of people who are bibliophiles, and a lot of bibliophiles who acquire a large number of books. Then there are bibliomaniacs that might have a hoarding…