So much gloom, doom, and disaster that it's important to find counterbalances. Here are a few recent bright spots. Glasgow…
I do remember the trial of Dr. Bodkin Adams. My family took The Daily Herald back in 1957 and I…
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This is a review of a book I have not read that does not actually exist. Needless to say, I…
I've been thinking about how we need to stop using the word "gender" to refer to people and why we…
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On a daily neighborhood soodle a while back I saw this single golden sandal on a stoop on W112th Street.…