They believe that recipes add a third dimension to travel writing in the way they evoke place, time and people. ...more

February 22, 2009

Bush's recent presidency brings up an important question. Why do people having the best of intentions make mistakes? I'm sure Bush doesn't have a mean bone in his body, but he has made serious mistakes in judgment throughout his life. Giving up alcohol was his greatest achievement. But it didn't make him either wise or saintly. We all make mistakes in judgment. I believe this is because our negative fearful and angry reactions are not to be trusted. They make us believe we are doing the right thing, but in reality they are the cause of most of our deep-seated personal problems as well as our relationship problems. They also keep us in the dark as to the truth of our own actions. Killing the messenger has yet to go out of style. ...more

February 3, 2009

The New York Times once epitomized all that was great about American newspapers; now it symbolizes its industry's deep malaise. ...more

May 10, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused Democratic presidential rival Sen. Barack Obama of political plagiarism Thursday night during a campaign debate and said he represents "change you can Xerox." ...more

February 22, 2008

Barack Obama cruised past a fading Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday night, gaining the upper hand in a Democratic presidential race for the ages. ...more

February 20, 2008

On 2004's "Uh Huh Her," PJ Harvey did something she had never done before: She repeated herself. "Uh Huh Her" retreated to the jagged blues-rock of her earliest work, the first time a Harvey album failed to break new stylistic ground. ...more

November 29, 2007

When Muslims rioted after a couple of juvenile cartoons on Mohammed showed the prophet in a less-than-perfect light, much of the Western world was mad. ...more

September 24, 2007