The Secret Tricks Hidden Inside Restaurant Menus

Sneaky.

H.G. Wells vs. George Orwell

Their debate whether science is humanity’s best hope continues today.

A Water-Based Religion

Fishing with Mikie next week.

Dixie Chicks are Back

Singing my song (love these girls)...

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Why He Kayaked Across the Atlantic at 70

For the third time.

Floating in the Air

The world that made Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment.

The Advice Columnists Who Prescribe Literature as Medicine

In contrast to me, who prescribes medicine as literature.

Madness and Civilization

Cormac McCarthy moves into non-fiction as I move into fiction.

China’s New Frontiers in Dystopian Tech

Facial-recognition technologies are proliferating, from airports to bathrooms.

Khareba’s Tunnel Winery in Georgia

There in one month.

Death in the Snow

A body is found in the frozen North Dakota woods. The cops say the dead Japanese woman was looking for the $1m she saw buried in the film Fargo. But the story didn't end there.

The Last Whalers

Men from the Shetland Islands worked the whaling expeditions to the Antarctic. Until the whales were gone.

When Truth and Reason Are No Longer Enough

In his new book, Steven Pinker is curiously blind to the power and benefits of small-town values.

Everything I Don’t Know About Swords

 On teaching creative writing.

Japan’s Foremost Modern Novelist

Natsume Sōseki.

The Last Conversation You’ll Ever Need to Have About Eating Right

Dr. David L. Katz patiently answers pretty much every question we could think of about healthy food.

Putin’s Philosopher of Russian Fascism

Ivan Ilyin.

What We Talk About When We Talk About Reputation

In trying to modernize our understanding of this ‘elusive concept,’ a new book loses sight of its historical meaning.

The Secret to Make Better Decisions

The difference between a snafu, a shitshow, and a clusterfuck.