Introduction Last week , in keeping with  my eight-year tradition, I examined Google’s Autocomplete suggestions—i.e., you start a query an...

Before we begin In this post, which examines the American zeitgeist, I adopt a tone of playful criticism. Please don’t mistake me for one ...

Vlog I gather people prefer videos and podcasts to reading these days, and several readers (or would-be readers) have suggested a vlog forma...

Introduction Almost thirty years ago my wife and I were visiting the south of France, and at a train station were spied by a fellow Americ...