I happen to run across a series of references to The Garden of the Finzi-Continis in a variety of unexpected…
Some events simply defy any and all attempts to understand, explain, or rationalize. The First World War is one…
Joseph Stalin once said: “Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns; why…
William Trevor (1928-2016) was one the greatest literary treasures the English-speaking world ever produced. He won or was nominated for…
I have been taking some time off for personal reasons, but I recently had one of those strange coincidences…