In Poor Richard’s Almanac, Benjamin Franklin wrote: “Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.” His point being that as a general...

As a writer of detective fiction, Raymond Chandler is known for being more interested in the atmosphere he was creating than in the tale...

Public opinion and freedom of the press recently came up in a conversation I had with a good friend. After our discussion my curiosity...

Imposing order on chaos seems to be a deep-seated need in humans. So too, making the complex simple; or at least having the complicated...

Research now indicates that the “old saw” about bartenders and hairdressers performing the role of “shrinks” is not just a tired cliché...

My grandmother used to tell her young grandsons that she could pin a glass of water to the wall. It seemed that each one of us in turn...