Monthly Archives: October 2020

It feels good to be able to sit with a book and a cup of coffee again in the Cafe at B&N, even with its time and distance constraints, under the watchful eyes of authors who exchanged ideas in coffeehouses … Continue reading →

Let’s begin with the end in mind. Giovanni Hamilton is a 13 year-old who has a rare genetic condition known as Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome, necessitating multiple surgeries for his jaw, eyes, and other joint systems in the body and rendering him … Continue reading →

Kids of my generation knew it from the beautiful Judy Garland rendition in the Wizard of Oz. Eric Clapton had fun doing a cover version of it in soulful and blue-sy fashion. Victor Kim and Cathy Nguyen had even more … Continue reading →

Debacle. An ignominious failure; a fiasco. There’s no other way to describe the first presidential debate that occurred on September 29, 2020 between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. I was so turned off by that fiasco that I was not … Continue reading →

If you read nothing else about the Chinese perspective on our current pandemic, I urge you to read this phenomenal article by Peter Hessler just published in The New Yorker magazine. Hessler’s article is one the finest pieces of journalism … Continue reading →