Richard's Pretension

I heard a tune the other day which sounded familiar. It was recorded by the Andrews Sisters in 1940, but I couldn't place where I had he...

For as long as I remember, new men's shirts have come out of the package booby-trapped. There were pins in the sleeves, pins in the coll...

As reported in Scientific American, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, which conducted a survey of more than 6,000 peop...

Like so many folks these days, I’ve been single for by far the majority of my adult life – meaning neither married (though I was married onc...

Snail shells drilled with holes and coated in ochre have turned up in South Africa, Israel, Algeria, and, most recently, Morocco. They all d...

I first saw Pontocorvos’ documentary-style movie The Battle of Algiers shortly after its US release in 1967. I watched it again last night, ...

The cult classic B movie Faster, Pussycat Kill! Kill! (1965) was unavailable on DVD for years, but my copy finally has arrived. It is superb...