12.27.05 Letter to a European Friend A European at this Christmas season must feel a little like a Roman enjoying one of the last Lupercals of the pagan era.
06.01.05 Man with a Plan In reviewing Jeffrey Sachs’s new book for a monthly magazine, one feels rather like the last bomber pilot over Yokohama.
05.31.05 The Meaning of Memorial Day Yesterday was Memorial Day in the United States, one of two annual commemorations of the service and sacrifice of the U.S. armed forces.
05.10.05 Seeking a Return to Pride Last week, tennis fans gathering at Berlin’s Rot Weiss club to enjoy the German Open received a jolt when they opened their programs.
04.01.05 Ode to a Grandmother In 1962, the great literary critic Northrop Frye delivered a series of lectures over the CBC titled The Educated Imagination.
02.15.05 Preserving the Legacy of a Radio Legend The ancient Egyptians could scratch lines on a papyrus scroll, roll it up and put it in a jar in a dry cave — and 2,500 years later, the document would still be legible (assuming its discoverer could read ancient Egyptian).