Boston writer Nicholas Lamar Soutter acknowledges in his new novel, "The Water Thief", the canon of dystopian works, with clever allusions to Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club, an ending homage to George Orwell’s 1984, and a brilliant... Read More

A title beginning “Confessions of … “ immediately conjures thoughts of a dishy, tell-all written by a female with a score to settle. So when the last word of the title is “horseshoer,” readers are caught off guard. But those... Read More

Escaping poverty can be like trying to crawl out of the belly of a snake—the constriction of adverse forces leave many feeling frustrated, hopeless, and lost. For Ean Garrett, those forces were particularly binding: his father was... Read More

Ethical transgressions seem to be daily occurrences in business and politics. Scandals that cause resignations, firings, and even lawsuits can frequently be traced back to ethics violations. This may leave many questioning the moral... Read More

Adam Smith’s disciples, many of whom are free-market economists, believe that greedy individuals behave in ways that maximize the benefit to society. Competitive markets unhindered by regulations, they say, will lead to lower prices... Read More

Mobs have the collective knowledge and power to do anything, to be anything, to teach anything, to learn anything, and to solve anything. We cannot ignore this power forever. The force of it can change the world, if we set it free.... Read More

Writing about sex for the sake of sex is a literary art form attempted by many but mastered by few, as editor Rachel Kramer Bussel demonstrates in her latest erotic anthology. "Obsessed" is an unconventional collection of nineteen short... Read More

“Human females are not as easy to investigate as are rabbits,” complained Katherine McCormick, the philanthropist who funded the development of the contraceptive pill. She asked for a “cage of ovulating females to experiment... Read More