Sonny's Castle Dangerous

The Shropshire Hoard These coins, found in a farmer's field in England , are roughly 2,000 years old. The metal detectorists who une...

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2019 ISBN 9781101947753 (ebook) In this splendid novel by one of my favorite writers, three men in their mi...

In recent weeks, much ink has been spilled over the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Among the more interesting tidbits: ...

Dedicated to Walt Whitman I am a man of the narrow spaces There no space remains To breathe, to grow, to live To chew, to brush, ...

Last night, watching Turner Classic Movies, I stumbled across a film that I've been searching for since childhood. I saw part of it on t...

I'm very proud of myself for not posting this on Facebook, which I almost did a moment ago. So I'm going to vent here and now.  Ac...

On January 25 the Nevada Gaming Control Board filed a complaint against Wynn Resorts, owner and operator of the luxurious Wynn and Encore ho...

In September 2017, I outlined a plan for reading one page of the Bible per day. Ever seeking to celebrate small accomplishments (a good mora...

To:  William GIbbs Editor, Coin World Magazine Sir, I enjoyed Chris Bulfinch’s article Fasces on U.S. Coins  in the October 29 editio...

A few days ago, a man named  Robert Bowers killed 11 Jews in a Pittsburgh synagogue. News reports indicate that the shooter believed Jews a...

Today I sent this e-mail to both of my U.S. senators. Having resisted the temptation to post this on Facebook, this matter is still gnawing ...

This book ably works through a theme near and dear to me: that of hidden mysteries .  The lead character is a jaded former screenwriter, ...

This rare stamp has been kept in safe deposit boxes for decades. It’s so valuable that the owner made the head of the Philatelic Foundation ...

Someone stored 16,000 Morgan silver dollars in a bank safe deposit box (picture in article) in 1964. They weren’t hidden or forgotten - rat...

This fellow hid his his coin and currency collection, then slipped into dementia and forgot about it. Since his death, his son has found po...

I promised myself I wouldn't post this on any social media, especially Facebook. It would only ignite a battle of duelling comments. I ...

by Ben Dolnick Pantheon Books, New York, 2018 Ebook ISBN 9781101871102 The Ghost Notebooks by Ben Dolnick My rating: 4 of 5 stars I ...

The characters in this novel are so unappealing that I nearly gave up on it a quarter of the way through. But then I read somewhere that it ...