What Do I Know?

That's the question raised in a book I picked up at the Elliott Bay Bookstore in Seattle during Thanksgiving. I've just started read...

A friend sent me a link to an audio program about the music of the Holocaust - music written and performed by concentration camp musicians. ...

This is a truly touchy topic all around.  I'm listing here some of the aspects that I feel are critical to understand (no, be aware of ...

I've avoided posting about the Israeli-Gaza war for a number of reasons. (The one exception is this post recommending folks watch the B...

In Dante's 14th Century  The Inferno,  the poet recounts his tour through hell led by Virgil.  At that time there was a political divide...

Yesterday I gave you flowers, now back to graver stuff. But I think you'll find this inspiring.   I've posted about Colum McCann...

As Russia moves into Ukraine, it seems that Ai Weiwei's description of the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 seems an appropriate readi...