With snails and glaciers as pacesetters, the United States has gradually come around to the idea that marijuana and certain other medicinal plants may not be so bad after all. Dozens of states now allow cannabis for medical purposes, as... Read More

As we take the first tentative steps into the 21st century’s 21st year, there’s no better time to reflect on the previous twelve months and, more importantly, prepare for what’s ahead. Unfortunately, the best advice might be to... Read More

As we do every year, we’re excited to offer you a carefully curated selection of our favorite questions and responses from the year’s fifty-plus interviews between reviewers and authors. Please set aside a few minutes to give this a... Read More

For all the pain and uncertainty of the past year, from week to week the interviews in Foreword This Week always seemed to offer a wonderful respite from the daily toil. As we do every year, we’re excited to offer you a carefully... Read More

California looms large in the imagination, always has, and based on its forty million citizens—ten million more than any other state—we can logically conclude that the Golden State lives up to its reputation. California also looms as... Read More

His papers don’t mention it but we wonder if Charles Darwin ever thought about factoring God into his theory of evolution, because when you look back over the tens of thousands of years of human existence, God has definitely... Read More

One of the great pleasures of working so closely with the independent publishing community is the opportunity to see so many translations and book projects written by foreign authors. Independent publishers like Open Letter, Two Lines... Read More

As our planet continues to warm, historical weather patterns will change and many regions will be thrown into turmoil because of drought, flooding, variations in ocean currents, and other unforeseen effects. Consequently, in the years to... Read More