The late H.L. Mencken has always been among my favorite misanthropes. Like all satirists, he took a dim view of human nature.

The late H.L. Mencken has always been among my favorite misanthropes. Like all satirists, he took a dim view of human nature.

“The art of being lucky” is the subtitle of Victor Mollo and Nico Gardener’s guide on how to play the cards in bridge. The phrase is ironic. The point is that what seems to be luck arises from good ...

To these is added, a curious Poetical Desert, divested of Ribaldry and Indecency, consisting of Humorous Epigrams, Mocx Epitaphs, Jovial Songs, &c. &c. With several puzzling Novelties in the World of ...

I am a fan of Alfred Lansing’s Endurance, describing Sir Ernest Shackleton’s trans-Antarctic expedition gone terribly wrong and the leadership he demonstrated to save his crew against incredible odds.

She casually drops meaningful epigrams into her spinning web of language, but it is the pauses between the snarling tones and the sudden hysterics that carry much of the meaning. This is not ...

Broadway theaters will dim their marquee lights on Nov. 7 in honor of Dame Maggie Smith, who died in September. Smith began her acting career on stage and took theater roles well into her 80s.

To critics this seems like self-indulgence, but to his audiences it seems like generosity and authenticity, the candidate’s real thoughts rather than the speechwriter’s epigrams that signpost ...

They tell her how good she is and Mae is courteous, amused, always optimistic, glad to see everyone, dropping fairly good, though somewhat trite, epigrams, peppered with bad grammar and made ...

Dorothy Parker was one of the great transients of American literary history, yet she remains more permanent than most writers ...

Though seemingly at odds, both epigrams are true, as is exemplified by the ARC, which brings together thinkers concerned with restoring belief in our core values of freedom, democracy, the rule of ...

Leonie Holmes is an Auckland based composer, writing for orchestra, chamber, choral, vocal and solo instrument. Recent works have been commissioned and/or performed by the New Zealand Symphony ...