The Philosopher's Stone

It is Friday again and the list of things you have done this last week in the struggle is growing.  Post your report today and it will becom...

This is the judgment of my son, Law Professor Tobias Barrington Wolff: "I have just finished reading the opinion of the Ninth Circuit...

I do not wish to reevaluate the Obama presidency, nor is it necessary for me to repeat here a selection of the hideous things Trump and his...

My remarks about Obama seem to have been misunderstood, so let me explain.  I am not suggesting that Obama should set the agenda for progre...

The 2018 off-year elections are our best chance to fundamentally change the political landscape.  A major surge in Democratic Party turnout...

Well, I have had a night’s sleep here in Paris and taken my morning walk [Jean Gabin and Yves Montand were not at their usual station in th...

Susie and I arrived this morning more than an hour early [strong tailwind], wiped out, as old folks get after missing a night of sleep.  Pa...