Roger GathmanThe curious case of the missing dogs- A photo is taken in the Bois de Boulogne, January 25, 1937. It is published in Excelsior, a Paris newspaper. Excelsior was in the avant…28 min read·Jan 13, 2021----
Roger GathmanAgainst CraftTennyson, famously, was averse to the word “scissors”. Something about the s-es. I don’t know if Tennyson had a lisp. When I was a child…2 min read·Nov 18, 2020----
Roger GathmanOn Free LunchesI want to cull this from page 2 of Greg Mankiw’s popular Essentials of Economics — used by hundreds of Econ 101 classes, tucked under the…4 min read·Feb 3, 2020----
Roger GathmanA Prick in the Prick system: or how the justice system in America has declined in my lifetimeWhen O. was president, I often wrote bitterly critical things about what his administration was doing and what was happening in America…5 min read·Dec 1, 2018----
Roger GathmanPoke their eyes outYou have to poke out the eyes of painters like you do with songbirds, to make them sing better. — Picasso4 min read·Nov 28, 2018----