I am in love with texture. These five photos give the reader different experiences of it.

Essays on authenticity. And vampires. And hugs. And musicians.

Down the rabbit hole, but hopefully not into the echo chamber, with today's mental metaphors.

A tiny essay about a guy with a big mustache.

What contemporary songs can tell us about our epic conflict.

Announcing my rebuttal to Sam Harris' erroneous views on the subject of free will.

The beauty of baroque music is that it can be realized in so many ways. Four versions of the same sweet song.

You would expect Ayn Rand not to like the concept of "surrender," but sometimes she does.

In which the sense of life in Beethoven's Fifth is compared to that of Atlas Shrugged.

A musical that tells the tale of that force of nature, Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues

Regarding the classic Bollywood video "Chaiyya, Chaiyya," and its erotic song and dance.

This quote from Ortega y Gasset sounds good, but does it hold up to scrutiny?

A crash in the desert. A desperate plan. But can men with warring mentalities cooperate?

Dunkirk was a great event in WWII. But Christopher Nolan's film has provoked arguments today.

Science, determination, womanhood--this film has them all.

An interview with former fugitive Dr Richard Kimble

The Swede had a good life, an American life, until his daughter blew it up. What happened?

A story from an alternate history in which the fascist Charles Lindbergh becomes president.

Charming, vivid, larger than life--but not authentic. The Pretender goes to the movies.

Alan Turing, a man who penetrated the secrets of others but who couldn't keep his own.