The Compass Rose

Time and duration. Increments. Segments. Blocks. Threads. We tend to think of time in terms of the astronomical events that govern our ...

The current heated debate about security at the U.S.-Mexican border offers few new ideas or analyses.  Despite fluctuations in the numb...

Regarding the smokey air from the so-called "Camp Fire" forest fire in Northern California in November 2018.  Commentary:  Th...

Bill Berkson's Since When [Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2018, 262pp.], as an analogue of his life, seems pretty much right...

Willie McCovey died yesterday at age 80. As with all such events, it was another reminder of time passing.  Willie's death wa...

Here are two new inventions from the steel counter. When we built our house in 1991, I wanted a stainless steel counter. I didn...

The recipe: 3 parts select bourbon 1 part Amaro 1 part dry vermouth 1 part B & B liqueur 1 part fresh lemon juice poured...