Widower's Tango

The making of Martin Scorsese's film Silence  was, in various ways, an act of faith. Its first act of faith was relying on the fil...

The past is never dead. It is not even past. - William Faulkner There is American exceptionalism - the belief that America is unique a...

I watched a program on the Deutsche Welle channel last weekend in which American and Russian scientists found themselves in total agree...

The life of a man Burn it with the fire! The life of an insect Throw it into the fire! Ponder and you'll see The world is dark ...

"I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing. Does it exalt dunderheads, cowards, trimmer...

One of the most discomfiting poems I've ever read is Philip Larkin's "The Old Fools," which is about what will happen t...

I get the feeling that a lot of people hate literature. I get that feeling every time - which is every so many months - I see an article i...