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Most novelists are journeymen. The majority of even our most acclaimed authors are highly skilled but hardly talented. They lack… Read Article →

Holiday shopping would be a snap if it were just a matter of time and plastic. Ring it up, wrap… Read Article →

Inspired by John Banville and Iain Pears, who listed works by Georges Simenon on their Top Ten Lists, I picked… Read Article →

The recent string of articles on the role of critics including smart pieces by Daniel Mendelsohn, Jacob Silverman and David… Read Article →

The Social Q’s column in today’s Times includes this letter: “Children 44 inches tall or shorter ride the subway free…. Read Article →

The rap on liberals is that they love humanity but are not so crazy about people; they won’t act morally… Read Article →

(In memory of Andy Griffith, here’s a story I wrote for the New York Times in 1991.) Lessons for Living,… Read Article →

By J. Peder Zane Occam’s razor suggests that simpler explanations are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex… Read Article →

By J. Peder Zane Do we look before we leap? Think before we act? Are we rational beings in control… Read Article →

By J. Peder Zane Over dinner a few years ago, the novelist Lawrence Naumoff told a troubling story. He asked… Read Article →