Beyond Classification Archive

I need your advice. - READING IN NEW YORK: On Thursday, September 10, from 6 PM to 7:30, I’ll be reading from my book at The Corner Bookstore, Madison Avenue at 93rd Street. It’s not

Independence Day -

Independence Day, 2006 - “Six million children --- and even more adults --- die unnecessarily every day of treatable diseases,” Bono said at the World Affairs Council in Oregon.

Irish Eyes: Morrison, O’Donohue, Hansard, Ni Riain - The Fault In Our Stars: A year after I asked you to drop everything and read this novel, The New Yorker has written about "nerdfighters" and "nerdfighteria." (If you've read my review, you're

Issue #200: The Best of the Best -

It’s a jungle out there. It’s a jungle in here too. - To get to Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula, you fly to San Jose, stay overnight because you can’t connect on the same day, take a small plane and land at a

It’s Time: Thoughts on a new year - A long post. The words are really just an introduction to a video. It’s fine if you want to skip my words and go right to the second video ---

July 4, 2009: Weekend Reading - “I read your reviews,” she wrote. “But there are so many, and I need to read over the weekend. Please give me some suggestions, and I’ll even click right through

July 4, 2013: The Pursuit of Happiness - The Fourth of July finds us in Ely, Minnesota, where the road ends and the Boundary Waters begin. The child will, for the first time, get to drive a golf

July 4, 2014: ‘Ain’t That America’ - When all the men but one vote one way and all the women vote the other, you know the issue is not just about the facts. So it was with

Life Events: Weddings & Graduations - ‘Tis the season for Transitions and Life Events: Weddings & Graduations. Yes, you can spend a bundle and give One Big Thing. I prefer kits --- collections of small things.

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Mother’s Day 2006 -

Mother’s Day 2010 - I’ve resisted Mother’s Day for decades. And I’ve been right to --- the idea of ancestor worship was muscled aside long ago by Big Business. Now the day is about

Mother’s Day 2012 - The Wall Street Journal just published a guide to Mother’s Day gifts. You may imagine what it suggested. Or you can just read one of the online comments:   A $625 nightgown! My mother

Mother’s Day 2013 - The first champion of Mother’s Day was Julia Ward Howe, who wrote "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." After the Civil War, she saw the possibility of equally deadly conflicts

Mother’s Day Suggestions 2005 - You wouldn't be blamed for thinking that Mother's Day was invented by 1-800-Flowers, Hallmark Cards, a bunch of candy manufacturers, and the owners of Red Lobster. In fact, its first champion

Mother’s Day, 2008 - Here's what marketers expect you to shell out: $682 million on greeting cards, $2.83 billion on restaurants, $2.14 billion on jewelry, $1.98 billion on flowers, $1.27 billion on clothes, $1.26

Mother’s Day, 2014 - Mother’s Day. Two fraught words. Loved ones, aging, not who they were. Loved ones, gone, the pain of that going nowhere. Or, as a friend once described her relationship with