Like going to church on Christmas and Easter (I hear some people do that), I follow soccer only during its big events. I get into the World Cup, of course, and the Olympics, and I generally take interest in the … Continue reading →

In the 19th century and into the early part of the 20th century it was customary, on the Fourth of July, for a public official–a mayor, a judge, a justice of the peace–to recite the text of the Declaration of … Continue reading →