John Hay’s is one of those names from the late 19th century one recognises without quite knowing why. He deserves to be remembered. For he altered our national…
A new favorite writer offers a respite from our steamy weather: Now it is snowing, one of the terrific storms that first mute and then obliterate the…
How differently we experience of professional sports than our grandparents’ and great-grandparents’ did. A delightful exhibit at the Boston Public Library on Boston Sports Temples (BPL Main Branch in…
‘Youth and beauty’: That’s how we think of the American writers and artists of the 1920s. The Fitzgeralds and Hemingway, the Flappers and Paris…. An exhibit running…
Nine days ago, we left Vermont for visits with cousins and friends in Upstate New York and Ohio. Along the way, we’ve seen wonderful sites and met some…
The picture below, taken in Columbus, Ohio, two weeks ago, holds many ironies. On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen fired on Kent State students, killing four and injuring nine…
With the President – and rafts of other people – fleeing the oncoming hurricane, this quotation from the architectural and social historian, Vincent Scully, explains why summers at the shore…
Updated: 16th August 2011 11:00 a.m. Link added. Reader Alert: Snark attack! Snark attack! That’s what I’ve suffered, and if you don’t wish to share it, stop here. Borrowing a…
For many years before my son moved to the Twin Cities, I subscribed to the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s daily news feed. Besides good reporting – the Strib is one…