Lacunae Musing

I was going to write a piece about Flag Day with photos. Now, the depressing news about the shooting at a baseball practice field o...

Sinclair Lewis’ novel It Can’t Happen Here and Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America tell tales that seem impossible, demagogues bei...

We’re going off to Seattle and Alaska so for a while this space will be quiet.   I hope to have some interesting tales and photographs ...

Apparently, unlike some Americans I support President Obama’s careful and deliberate assessment of what to do with the extremist terror...