How To Cheer Up a Sad Poem
It is one of the most difficult problems of aesthetic philosophy: What do we mean when we say that a song or poem is sad? I’ve read Aristotle, Kant, Croce–Benedetto, not Jim–all the big names. […]
It is one of the most difficult problems of aesthetic philosophy: What do we mean when we say that a song or poem is sad? I’ve read Aristotle, Kant, Croce–Benedetto, not Jim–all the big names. […]
BROOKLINE, Mass. The population of this near suburb of Boston is disproportionately Jewish now, but it is also the birthplace of John F. Kennedy, the nation’s only Roman Catholic President. “In many ways, this is the […]
BOSTON. “The results are in,” Tony Armandine, a manager at the last remaining department store in downtown Boston said to an assembled group of retail help yesterday, the day after Christmas. “And the winner–once again–is Ned Pringy,” […]
Hi Amanda, I can’t meet you at the mall, I have to work today–ugh! So I’m lifeguarding at the Town Pool. I’m not SUPPOSED to be texting but I don’t care. They don’t pay me […]
This is a story of a teenaged boy whom I will call Ignacio. He was brought to America from a village in South America to live in a small town for a year as a […]
It was the mid-80s, and I was a young man on the verge (at least in my mind) of getting old. It was Christmas time, which made the passing of youth that much more painful; I […]
Fending off unwanted advances beneath the mistletoe? Wondering whether you can re-gift that chafing dish you got for your second marriage? Ask Ms. Christmas Etiquette Advisor–she always minds her manners! Dear Christmas Etiquette Advisor: Christmas […]
There is a little town not far from here, a very prosperous town, one that people aspire to live in. Couples scrimp and save to build up a down payment on a house there, knowing […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia. In this, the capital city of Saudi Arabia, expatriate Christians must practice their religion underground in order to avoid deportation. “I try to keep the flame alive,” says Michael Cox, a construction […]
DOVER, Mass. Todd Englund achieved success at an early age as a bond trader, but he hasn’t let the comforts of affluence dull his feeling for others at this special time of the year. “Todd […]