End of summer post Travel guides, Trip Advisor, and many another will tell you that, when in Paris, don’t miss the Eiffel Tower, or the Washington Monument in Washington, the Tokyo Skytree. Such an approach to tourism has a… Read More ›
English version should be available soon! « Attendez, monsieur, que je termine cet appel et je serai toute à vous. « Allô, Louise, où en étais-je ? Ah oui, le monsieur qui hurlait. Le yéti – tu sais de qui je parle ? Je pense… Read More ›
At least five stories A few of my Baby Boom generation may recall that one of the less expected and perhaps more titillating aspects of Nancy Friday’s 1972 Secret Garden collection of women’s sexual fantasies was all the… Read More ›
Slice of Life When the elevator opens at your floor, there’s a woman—a person, a neighbor—in it, someone whom you have known, vaguely, for years. You have both volunteered with the tenants association, she rather more energetically than… Read More ›
Emily, in not so foreign tongues Reblogged from Zeteo The first law of American literature: Somewhere, somehow, in God only knows what language, you are always going to come across one more, intriguing—if not indeed great—Emily Dickinson poem…. Read More ›
As once we developed a vaccine for small pox, do we now need to develop one for expertise—and for media noise, advertising, and other forms of propaganda (all of which often involves “experts”)? The authors of Freakonomics call attention… Read More ›
Last night I went out to dinner with three intelligent, highly educated people. We had the usual sort of conversation or conversations—a few bits about our current lives and our pasts, relatives; a few bits based on things, news… Read More ›
