As we head into the holidays, the headlines require that we review a little legal precedent from the 1700’s. In 1714, James Annesley was born as the heir of a hugely important English lord, the Earl of Anglesea. However, when he was 12, his father died, and his uncle Richard…

We’re almost to the dead of winter. It’s time for a spicy tale. It starts one day long ago, on an island off the coast of India. Somebody noticed that when they cut down a certain type of tree, it refused to die. It grew little shoots out of the…

This is a gripping tale of the Oxford English Dictionary. It starts right after World War 1, when a young officer recuperating from the effects of trench fever gets a job at the OED, working on the etymology of Germanic words that start with the letter W. From there, he…

Okay, we’re into December, and it’s a jazzy date of 12.2.22. So I gotta ask, are you feeling it this morning? You know, that forward-thinking vibe that is “powerful and empowering”? An overriding sense that you can be “brave and fearless,” that you are ready for “experimentation and self-expression without…