Let’s examine the phenomenon of gossip more closely – not for the purpose of condemning or defending it, but just to understand it a...

When my daughter was about seven, her one job in the morning was to make her bed. The problem was that she had accumulated a collection...

For anyone who has not seen “The Big Lebowski,” the scene takes place in a diner with Walter (John Goodman) arguing with The Dude (Jeff...

This past year I decided to revisit some of the books that made a big impact on me as a young man and see what they look like now, as a...

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