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Focus More Clearly by Looking Away Sep. 18, 2026
Flying over the Sea of Japan in 1954, the electrical system on Lieutenant Jim Lovell's Banshee night... Read More
Is Verbing Nouns Worth the Effort? Sep. 16, 2026
When a TV news anchor recently told viewers that technicians were having trouble airing a correspond... Read More
Attack of the CCLs Sep. 14, 2026
A few years back, an intrepid scholar with an advanced degree from Yale uncovered the actual form of... Read More
What Do We Know After 9/11? Little, If Anything Sep. 12, 2026
Like most Americans who were adults on Sept. 11, 2001, my life is divided into "before" and "after" ... Read More
Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Rosh Hashanah Sep. 11, 2026
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle hated Sherlock Holmes. I know: That sounds as improbable as J.K. Rowling hati... Read More
And It's Seabiscuit By Three Lengths! Sep. 09, 2026
Did you know that "gun" derives from 11th-century Scandinavian raiders who affectionately gave their... Read More
Approach Today Having Learned the Lessons of the Past Sep. 05, 2026
It's a time for fear. The United States is engaged in an undeclared war — one of which the pu... Read More
Moderation is Not a Four-Letter Word Sep. 04, 2026
What was the most memorable moment in the history of Time Magazine? It arrived, in my opinion, with ... Read More
The Natives are 'Restive' Sep. 02, 2026
In 2005, when Harvard University President Larry Summers was embroiled in controversy, a newspaper s... Read More
Hey Ma, It's Best-Selling, Award-Winning Me! Aug. 31, 2026
I've been a best-selling author since the first book I wrote. The book wasn't a best seller, but som... Read More
Dolly Parton Was Rich in All the Right Ways Aug. 29, 2026
One of the unfortunate realities of getting older is finding that the people you like begin to die. ... Read More
Permission to Play Gets More Work Done Aug. 28, 2026
J.P. Morgan reportedly said, "I can do a year's work in nine months but not in twelve months." In to... Read More
An App a Day Keeps the Parents Away Aug. 22, 2026
Well, it's back-to-school season again, and parents across the country know what that means: It's ti... Read More
Get Outside your Head to Look Inside your Mind Aug. 21, 2026
Are you trying to decide what the right thing to do is? Ask an ethicist. Do you want to see the righ... Read More
Do Hot Doggers Relish Showing Off? Aug. 19, 2026
This column is packed with tantalizing tidbits I haven't been able to squeeze in elsewhere. — ... Read More
When It Comes To Novels and Columns, I'm Not Done Yet Aug. 19, 2026
Over two decades ago, I wrote the opening page of my first novel to lose myself in another world, on... Read More
No Masculine or Feminine Ideals Needed -- Just Human Ones Aug. 15, 2026
Men in the U.S. are stuck — stuck in dissatisfaction, stuck in judgement and stuck in a cultur... Read More
Seeking Peace Does Not Demand Surrender Aug. 14, 2026
Why are manhole covers round? The common answer is obvious once you hear it: A circle is the only sh... Read More
Diagnosis: Murder Aug. 12, 2026
You're the sentence doctor. Each of these sentences suffers from faulty syntax, wordiness, passivity... Read More
The Universe Explained -- No Charge Aug. 10, 2026
In keeping with the less-than-obvious educational mandate of the Slightly Off-Kilter column, I thoug... Read More
