Over in the Tinderbox forum, J. P. Bogers MD Phd asks When I build a house, the contract mentions a delivery date (and even a fine when this is not met), when I buy a car the same. As a medical professional I run a lab with thousands of tests each...

Get the book. Most museum stores are deplorable, especially those noisy souvenir stands they throw across the exit of costly blockbuster exhibits, touting coasters, toys, and playing cards as accessories to the elegant life. I’ve noticed lately...

Tinderbox users will find a resonant chord in this passage from Franco Moretti’s intriguing notes on the history of the novel, Graphs, Maps, Trees. What do literary maps do... First, they are a good way to prepare a text for analysis. You choose a...

When people discuss American Football these days, it feels like the way people talked about baseball thirty years ago — repeating maxims and rules of thumb that turn out to be untrue. People used to think stealing bases was a lot more useful than it...

Eric Meyer: I came upon a large man with two children in tow, all bundled against the cold in parkas and scarves and hats. He asked if I had a minute, and I immediately knew what was coming. Sure enough, it came out: the request for a dollar, some...