As an older man, I’ve learned to fully embrace joy in whatever form it chooses to reveal itself. To caress the fleeting ...

This is the eighth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia — to spend some time ...

Who needs dystopian political science fiction in Amerika today? Real time nonfiction feels dystopian enough. The other ...

There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.” ...

I find joy in sorrow and sorrow is greater than laughter. An angel is not far from those who are sad and illness can ...

Before even taking office, Trump has conjured grotesque visions of what he once called the dreams of a “unified Reich.” His ...

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Almost all novels, from Cervantes’ Don Quixote and Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility to One Hundred Years of Solitude and ...

Towards the end of Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 novel, It Can’t Happen Here, the fascist dictatorship which has come to power in the ...

Arid winter. Supercharged Santa Ana winds. L.A. burns in January. Homes destroyed. Insurance claims denied. Politicians bury ...

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Suddenly, Yoav Gallant, Israel's notorious Minister of Defense, disappeared into obscurity. The man who served in his country ...