The Place to Take a Humor Break
“Jane Austen! I love Jane Austen!” B.B. King, quoted by Claire Harman in “Jane’s Fame.” When I first met Jane Austen in 1972, in a classroom in Chicago discussing “Pride and Prejudice,” I have […]
In a surprise move, the Australian Tennis Open has made the tennis courts the size of Novak Djokovic’s ego, rendering the game much easier to play. Children of all ages, including Novak, are invited to […]
ALBANY, New York. When Cynthia McDonald finished pouring her first cup of coffee this morning, she padded into her den in bedroom slippers, turned on her computer and checked her social media accounts, like any other […]
BOSTON. Caitlin Morgan was excited when she was hired by the National Ingrown Toenail Foundation as its first full-time development director, but also a little nervous. “The organization was dying from a lack of funds,” […]
We Americans, we are so narrow-minded, so unsophisticated, so provencal! We are opposed to cliches, which are the fat in the boeuf bourgignon that is the French language, giving it the savory taste that is loved by people around […]
