The Column
Did Trump say it? Did he deny saying it? Who knows?
Read MoreBrian Fawcett recalls something he discovers about how Dostoyevsky wrote dialogue that leads him to take a swing at James Wood, (the critic, not the actor)
Read MoreA few days ago, Merrily Weisbord sent me a piece written by Olga Tokarczuk about the Covid-19 crisis currently sweeping the world. A friend of Merrily’s, Jerzy Przytyk, had translated the piece using Google’s notoriously mechanical translation program. What Tokarczuk had to say in the piece was interesting simply because she is Olga Tokarczuk,…
Read MoreStan Persky tries to get through the day… a day all about, well, Stan Persky.
Read MoreThe message from John McCain’s funeral.
Read MoreI’m mad as hell and…
Read MoreTrump is deciding whether to pull out of the Iran deal. French president Emmanuel Macron had some friendly advice.
Read MoreSome mornings, we sit by the waters of Babylon and scroll down.
Read MoreThe Vancouver Pride Society wants to ban uniformed police from the annual Pride parade. Is this something we should take pride in?
Read MoreStraight from the front lines of Facebook to your ear (and God’s, and the CIA’s).
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