250 years ago this month, Boston was on the boil. It was a result of events going back much further, all the way to 1603. Back then, when James of Scotland became James 1st of both England AND Scotland, his crowning raised the question of what rights the Scots would…

The supreme question about a work of art is out of how deep a life does it spring. ** What’s in a name? That is what we ask ourselves in childhood when we write the name that we are told is ours. Mr. Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner…

For many folks the beginning of summer means that it’s time to hop in the car, drive out to the park, and fire up the barbecue grill. It’s a tradition that goes back about a century, after Henry Ford had changed the face of production with the invention of the…

It’s time to celebrate something celestial, revolutionary, and simply good. Let’s start at the beginning. Camellia sinensis first came down to us humans from high above. Originally found growing on the slopes of the Himalayas, it was brought into China as a medicinal herb about 5000 years ago. Legend has…