It takes courage to put words to paper with the intention of seeing it through to a finished book. In essence, fledgling authors are seeking to join the company of Leo Tolstoy, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, and other giants, and... Read More

Everything dies, as we learn at a young age. Right up until the day we die ourselves, death happens constantly around us. Insects and songbirds smashed against windshields, worms and caterpillars smushed on sidewalks, gang violence on... Read More

What’s the best way to acquire a sense of personal strength? Not the type that relies on aggression—that’s the stuff of bullies and tyrants. No, we’re talking about how to develop inner strength, power that radiates as confidence... Read More

The birth rate in this country is plummeting for a very obvious reason: Women don’t want babies. But the reason women don’t want babies is something conservative Republicans hate to admit: Having children is expensive and burdensome,... Read More

This week, we’re excited to hear from Marjolein Dubbers, an expert in nutrition and women’s health. The author of Hormone Power: Transform Your Diet, Transform Your Life, Marjolein believes standard diets are nonsensical because each... Read More

Fairy tales are powerful mojo—entertaining, yes, but also capable of shaping young minds in enchantingly propaganda-like ways. As stories, the best of the tales succeed when they utilize fantastical ideas like talking creatures,... Read More

Reviewer Peter Dabbene Interviews Indigenous Authors of This Place: 150 Years Retold / Canada, our cheerful, polite neighbor to the north, hasn’t always lived up to its ideals. Just as the US grotesquely mistreated its Indigenous... Read More

Global warming threatens the planet in many ways, with some dangers more clear and present, while others are impossible to imagine. We don’t know what we don’t know, the climate experts say. But we do know certain low-lying places... Read More