Apropos of a previous mention of the cultural vibrancy that occurs when there is confluence. The Japanese helped save many historic jazz rec...

Yesterday I went to hear Jack Tchen speak at the Eldridge Street Synagogue His talk was PORTS & PASSAGES WITH DR. JACK TCHEN Dr. Jack T...

This is a great story and an example of the deepest of thoughts suggested by the last post. I make occasional trips back to nytimes archive...

A deep thinking KV birthday boy came up with this. It creates yet another blog label and will become part of our layout on the right (liter...