Remembering When
"You despair when you recall how much you've forgotten." James Lileks National Review Columist The Hasting...
The Matchbook Museum
The Matchbook Museum is not a place. It is a website where the curator/owner James Lileks shows matchbooks from his...
April 19, 2012 Maxim
"Age doesn't matter, unless you're a cheese." Attributed to: Billie Burke an American Actress and...
Where the Money Has Gone
According to the 2010 census of the 15 richest counties in America, ten are in the Washington DC area. The money is...
Simon Says Postcards 4/17/2012
We went to London expecting rain and gloom. It was sunny and bright. "The key to happiness is low...
Painful Self-Reliance
President Obama said that if he loses in 2012 it could herald "A New Era of Painful Self-Reliance" I say: "Bring...
The Marshmallow Test
The1972 Stanford Marshmallow Test has been in the news lately. It has been 40 years since 600 preschoolers first...
Doublewide Stroller Ban
I confess. I really dislike double wide strollers. They clog any aisle or sidewalk they enter. They are a...
How to Apologize
Note to Hilary Rosen: A sincere apology never has a "but"! (Rosen is the Democrat operative who foolishly said...
April 12, 2012 Maxim
"Despair is a mortal sin." A Catholic Theology (much discussed 200 hundred years...
