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…Jan 13, 2021Jan 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…Nov 18, 2020Nov 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…Feb 3, 2020Feb 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…Dec 1, 2018Dec 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. — PicassoNov 28, 2018Nov 28, 2018
