Truly, the streets of my town are so filled with folks with Elvis Presley and Ann Margaret smiles that you might think that you're on the set of "Viva Las Vegas."
Daniel Krotz | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books
Is Going Rogue a good book? Who knows? Who cares? Generally speaking, books by politicians of any ideological persuasion have the shelf life of a grape.
Daniel Krotz | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green
I can clearly see my house, or the beginnings of my house, in the far background of a 1903 postcard of the First Christian Church in Berryville, Arkansas.
CNN Money | Posted 11.05.2009 | Books
Barnes & Noble, Inc. continues its storied tradition of making books and reading more accessible to kids with its newest addition to the Children's se...
Daniel Krotz | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living
I'm caught between a lingering fantasy of a Roman Holiday, and the aspirations of a Care Consultant who hopes I am infirm enough to require batteries for effective locomotion. Goodness, what an awkward age!
Daniel Krotz | Posted 11.29.2009 | Living
All the holy books say that the end of time is the beginning of time. The physicist Stephen Hawking says that time is a figure eight. And a local high-schooler I know doesn't know what time it is.
Daniel Krotz | Posted 11.16.2009 | Books
The message of Bleak House is that a lawsuit is the end of reason and not as we presuppose, the beginning of reasoned argument.
Daniel Krotz | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living
Fifty years after I found myself begging in London, I continue to find poetry useful.
Daniel Krotz | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living
The single piece of advice I give to a prospective collector is that if a book makes you cry, collect it. I suppose that's why I own nine copies of The Sun Also Rises.
Daniel Krotz | Posted 08.14.2009 | Living
Letters offers an opportunity to witness a man in an unusual, if not unique, situation as he fine-tunes his craft and his understanding of the human condition.
Daniel Krotz | Posted 08.07.2009 | Business
My friend is depressed by how things are turning out. He realizes how unreflective he has been, and he has suddenly realized how badly people are being served by our institutions.
Daniel Krotz | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living
An unintended consequence of the women's movement has been that men have become even more infantile and more self-involved.
Daniel Krotz | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living
I am almost entirely deaf. I don't mind very much. I've heard just about everything already and I don't think I'll miss hearing it the second or third time around.
Daniel Krotz | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living