Toilets around the world The champion toilet name is “The Great Niagara,” the name of my toilet in Athens, Greece in the 1960s. Read more
Why Yoga? The body is a giant signal of well-being, and doing yoga gives it a way to send that signal loud and clear. Read more
REVIEW: Song of Solomon We have never known characters who are quite like them, yet they stand there fully human. The story is a little bit like a dream or a nightmare, but it has blood . Read more
BOOK REVIEW: The Hare with Amber Eyes It is a unique kind of literature, written by a first-time author who is an artist to his fingertips but has probably never taken a writing course. Read more
BOOK REVIEW: Pachinko I doubt that Min Jin Lee began her book as a didactic exercise in tolerating prejudice and cruelty – there is way too much humanity in it for that, but we can use it to examine our own reactions to injustice. Read more
The Third Reconstruction The Rev. Barber does not tarry with the latest scandal, but uncovers the heart of the matt Read more
BOOK REVIEW: The Subway Stops at Bryant Park The soft endings to each story only emphasize that each life puffs in and out of the park, then moves on, while the park itself remains eternal, or as eternal as things can ever be in New York City. Read more
Is Abortion a Women's Issue? If one-third of American women have had an abortion, then one-third of American men have had one, too, and it’s time they spoke up. Read more
Filming a Jim Johnson commercial I was invited to be part of the new Jim Johnson commercial to be filmed in his house. Jim is running for governor in New Jersey and is building up a head of steam against Phil Murphy who is papering the state with his Goldman Sachs money in an effort to buy the governorship. ButContinue reading “Filming a Jim Johnson commercial” Read more