“While I do appreciate the sun-ripened fruits that line my breakfast bowl, my worshipful awe stems more from Sol’s drop-mike nonchalance. As Galileo said, while Sol keeps his eight planets in line over…

“The me that is me eats cheese and wishes there were more chocolate in the gorp. The you that is you fixes on the only point you cannot reach, a messy hike over…

“When Mark Addison Kershaw takes a hiatus from his corner table (with its view of all the doors, aka avenues of escape) at Hubris, I suit up in my ashes and sackcloth (a…

“We have discouraged Bubbles from barking when she wants something. Instead, of barking or whining (which we also discouraged) Bubbles has found another way to communicate that makes me laugh.”—Tim Bayer Won Over…

“Despondent as I am at the prospect of Trump’s second term, I take hope in the long view offered by Georg Hegel’s dialectic. Since 3200 BC, the start of recorded history, every new…

“Emboldened and ever grateful for the advances in modern medicine, I find myself longing for more than a joint replacement. Suffice to say, 5 November broke me, and I have been unable, on…

“Some go to J-school to become better writers, to become investigative reporters, to learn how to interview well, and write clearly. Others head straight to newsrooms or combat zones. All this takes time,…

“When disaster strikes, it’s all we see. The despair and horror come from seeing the end of what we thought we knew and loved, and the certain knowledge that there can be no…

“For me, it all began with Chester Drawers, but let me go back even further, to another befuddled listener, James Thurber, whose maid, Delia, announced to him one Christmas, ‘They are here with…

“I have been told that on islands like Rhodes and Kos, where there are hourly flights from Stockholm, Oslo, and Copenhagen, the kamakis are organized. They know that the bars with the most…