Meet Shaun Bythell, owner of Scotland’s largest secondhand bookstore, in the wee little seaside village of Wigtown. Right out of central casting, The Bookshop resides in an old stone townhouse with fireplaces ablazing, a shop cat... Read More

Within every culture around the world, food is an integral pillar. Whether feasting, fasting, celebrating, or grieving, we all draw together around a table to share memories and build traditions with loved ones. Gathering for a meal... Read More

Encyclopaedia Britannica defines the bystander effect as “the inhibiting influence of the presence of others on a person’s willingness to help someone in need.” A social psychological concept popularized in the 1960s and 70s, the... Read More

There is no denying that the past four years have been politically polarizing for the American people. Long-simmering tensions have risen to a fever pitch, and cracks have stretched to chasms as families, friendships, and society at... Read More

Politics is the seedy foreplay of governance. All the speeches and absurd campaign promises eventually lead to getting someone elected, and then shit gets real because government officials wield enormous power. Democracy’s great leap... Read More

What the world doesn’t need is more back cover copy. We’re reminded of this fact every so often when a new book comes along with a title so explicit, so wonderfully self actualized that anything more would be superfluous. So thank... Read More

Truth be told, most of us are prickly about our food decisions. We DO NOT like being told what to eat. Even so, we hear the voices in our head whispering about the health, ethical, and environmental consequences of what we consume. It... Read More

History is a nag. All that moralizing about being condemned to repeat the past if we don’t remember it, when we all know history is a set of agreed-upon lies written by the winners. Not to mention the reason it’s called history and... Read More