Historic Photo: LBJ and a basket of puppies.
Presidents have dogs and grandchildren too!
The Verge
Popcorn and Purple Stuff: A Journey Through 1990s Cinema, in 25 Films. (Part IV)
The weekend I spent getting punished by global warming.
The effects of the climate crisis dominated almost everything that happened to me last weekend. It's getting worse, fast.
Byzantium didn’t fall in a day: Thoughts on the end of empires.
Lacking a dramatic moment like a battle or siege, as occurred on May 29, 1453, how do you know when an empire is really falling?
Vertigo at midnight: The psychology of my “Alfred Hitchcock dream.”
I keep dreaming that I'm falsely accused and can't prove my innocence. That fear is real for many people in America.
Historic Painting: El Jaleo by John Singer Sargent, 1882.
Popcorn and Purple Stuff: A journey through 1990s cinema, in 25 films. (Part III)
The third installment of 1990s cinema takes us to a convenience store in New Jersey, an apocalyptic desert in Australia, and the mean streets of L.A.