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Pedantry, Politics, and the Park Ranger Activists persist in plastering all available neighborhood surfaces with their messages. Here's a small…
You don't have to be Irish or Catholic (I'm neither) to find this documentary fascinating. It's the story of Evelyn…
Modern life is full of complexity, chaos, and contradictions. In our efforts to cope, some succumb to despair, while others…
For if ever you are in danger of feeling a wave of quite unreasonable cheerfulness descend, here is a simple…
I take my title from the South African poet Roy Campbell (1901–1957), who knew a thing or two about lovers…
This painting dominates a whole wall in the exhibit at the Neue Sachlichkeit / New Objectivity exhibit at the Neue…
In the Kitchen, Where I Lay My Scene Upon the counter where I lay my scene— (Do join me, if…
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A murder in a locked room. Whodunit? And more importantly, howdunit? Who would want to kill philanthropist, union organizer, and…
A cold, wet February day - perfect backdrop for a journey into Romanticism—off on the M4 bus to the Met…
Dialogue with Dignity I’ve been thinking about issues of racial justice since I was a teenager. I’m not claiming to…
I kept coming across paintings of London by Yoshio Markino - gauzy portraits of a mysteriously colorful, old-world city often…