I’m writing a Tinderbox tutorial series about using the Tinderbox map to understand complex and fluid situations. It’s called The Romero File. Each "episode" includes: What Happened: some evidence from a small-scale legal case How We Map It: a...

Recommended: Every Little Step, a documentary about casting the recent revival of A Chorus Line. A fascinating look at people who really need this job, and at how the play was created from an evening of tape-recorded interviews and years of workshops...

Diane Adams argues that you should smile when you receive a negative blog comment. I’ve long argued that weblog comments are a time bomb — that nobody can withstand a truly talented troll.

Get the book. The title story is a great story, of course, and White’s writing is famously so crisp and engaging that it hardly matters whether he is talking about forgotten poets or nasal surgery in time of war. The unmissable chapter here,...

Sally Schneider (A New Way To Cook) has a blog. Why knew? Today she is writing about roasted pears. I made a variation on her roasted apples last night — two diced apples, poached for about 12 minutes in white wine with a sprig of rosemary, a few...