Lawrence Sutin's "All is Change": Book Review . Having enjoyed Sutin's "Divine Invasion," his biography of Phili...

Reviewers on Amazon ( where this was posted today; see also my review there and on this blog-- the latter put up last month-- of his later...

Pól Ó Duarcain & "Na Monarcha Hata": Alt liom ina h-"Epona." Scríobh mé alt faoi dán seo. Chuir mé aiste sin ar an i...

Insults in Irish! From the Irish News, via, it figures, the Ulster-Irish on-line dictionary, for your delectation, use, and abuse. Why do No...

Nominalists vs. Realists. Yesterday, thinking about a review I'd read of Philip Ball's recent "Universe of Stone: A Biography o...

"Why Faith Matters": Rabbi David Wolpe. In the August 29th "Forward," Rebecca Spence interviews the rabbi of one of our ...

It Was 20 Years Ago Today, Nearly. I found an embarrassing photo of Sarah Palin grinning under her early 80s puff-hair above a pink t-shir...

This handsome edition comes with many credits. The title page tells us that it was composed by Padmasambhava, revealed by Terton Karma Ling...

Steven R. McEvoy's Book Review Blog. SRMcE found my posts from last year on J.F. Powers, one of my favorite writers. He compiled a bibli...

Aislinge Meic Conglinne. Inniu, bím ag aistrigh míreannaí as alt síos as Gaeilge ó Béarla! "Ag insint scéalaí craois, samhlaíochtha, ag...

Niall déanamh dó Na Cleasaí. Is Niall é féin. Bhí buachaill leis an táim ag slacadh anseo. Tá sé in aice leis an lá a rugadh é an triú blian...

True Religion & False Profits? I saw a teenager wearing "Buddhalicious" sneakers a month ago, while I pondered the dharma'...