In case anyone has missed it so far, the Washington Post is running a series of articles, under the general title " Angler: The Cheney...

Finally, after many months (of delays), I've been able to launch the " Emotional Outreach Project, v. 3.0 " under the auspice...

Karma. Who knows if Sammy Sosa (at right, (AP Photo/Tim Sharp) or the ownership of the Chicago Cubs were thinking about it yesterday, but...

"The process of emancipation from slavery and its effects...." What I typed out yesterday, on Juneteenth . Take, for example, vot...

Happy Juneteenth ! As of last Saturday, Massachusetts , now joins 23 other states (including New Jersey ) that officially recognize this hol...

The blog is rapidly approaching 100,000 page views. The first 50 or so page views resulted mostly from my posting, checking and revising my...

From someone who was born on Father's Day many suns ago, let me wish a Happy Father's Day to all the fathers (of all kinds), grandf...

A few upcoming events and opportunities: From the Asian American Writers' Workshop : Txt Me: A Writing and Multimedia Youth Project Wedn...

I think it's fair to say that (we)blogging remains one of the new media technologies that's still on the margins of academe, though ...

It's official: I sent in my grades today, and the quarter is officially over! The university's commencement ceremonies are this upco...

Blogging, slogging. Summer's bearish days haven't arrived yet, and every sentence already requires a battery charge. Well, every se...

Very sad news: blogger Steve Gilliard , co-founder of the News Blog , has passed away, at the age of 41. Those J's Theater readers who ...

It's been a while since I've been to hear a live music performance, but one thing I love about them, especially ones involving live ...

Another brief post, marking what is truly the end of an epoch . The Gotham Book Mart has been evicted , its merchandise snapped up by its l...