Some of my favorite writings from this site.
Why reading slowly, especially War and Peace, should be practiced with solicitude, so as to fully appreciate the journey reading…
Children in Good Morning protest social mores because they fail to appreciate the rules governing the relations of families and…
An explanation of the cryptic subtitle of my site, namely, that I am an erstwhile flâneur.
Some ideas are "sexy," ahem, because they baffle the imagination and excite the intellect (or vice versa). Rousseau's noble savage…
Civic responsibility entails reading the news regularly, to keep abreast of the world's turnings. But does this practice actually improve…
Photography is under siege by the smartphone, the device that has made everyone a photographer while equally rendering all unable…
Rear Window appears a murder mystery in which Jeff and Lisa play amateur sleuths. In truth, the film is a…