My interest in probing the history of the Third Reich predates the writing of Summer of Long Knives by about thirteen years. The war years never
I learned early on in college that I didn’t have what it took to be a professional in math and science, but the material still
From the L.A. Times: In a widely circulated interview with Publishers Weekly, writer Claire Messud was asked if she would want to be friends with the protagonist
About ten days ago, Amanda Knox released her book on her wrongful conviction in Italy and its aftermath. Reaction to it has centered to an
Denial, an audio play I wrote a some years back, was a fictionalized documentary whose main character, Ari Fleischman, was based partly on real Holocaust
Ann Friedman, who’s spent more time thinking about this than I have, came out with a handy Disapproval Matrix today. I can’t say if she’s found
The first, most honest, and initially least helpful answer I can toss your way is “Damned if I know.” It’s one of those questions where
A couple of guys detonate homemade bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. A fertilizer plant in Texas blows up. An Elvis Impersonator
Dreadful events in Boston today. It’s always hard to know exactly what to say when a person or group of people decide to express themselves
One of the things I love most about science is the way that new information makes pig’s breakfasts of old ideas. Example: new information about