William Zinsser’s book On Writing Well emphasizes clarity and brevity. He urges writers to cut excess, avoid jargon, and express ideas simply. Don’t fret about style. Strip your sentences, and your ...

I discovered the writings of Charles Bukowski—who some call “The Poet of Skid Row”—in the 70s, when I was a young man. At the ...

My grandfather traveled by boat from eastern Europe in 1909. He told me he was sick and couldn’t eat the greasy stew that was served twice a day. They stopped at multiple ports taking over 25 days to ...

All the World a Poem by Gilles Tibo, Manon Gauthier (Illustrator) Pajama Press 2016, 32 pages, 9.0 x 0.4 x 9.0 inches, ...

In the world of scenario planning, the fact that something is unthinkable should not prevent us from considering it. The breakup of the Soviet Union was unthinkable almost until the day it happened.

Rosie (of the Lumberjanes) and Professor MacPherson (of Gotham Academy) have disappeared, and it’s up to their scouts and/or ...

The histories of tiramisu, chicken tikka masala, and General Tso’s chicken must go back a long way, right? Turns out no, they’re from the 1970s in the first two cases, 1955 in the third. Other famous ...

Wheeler, the ant pioneer, started calling the bustling cooperation of an insect colony a "superorganism" to clearly distinguish it from the metaphorical use of "organism." He was influenced by a ...

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