As a boy I loved superhero comic books. I loved the flamboyant graphics, the constantly shifting perspective, the stylized violence, the stories of adventure.…

My daughter, Rachel and I sat down the other night to watch TV. She had been following Top Chef, so we flipped to the…

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On October fifth, 1703, a little boy was born on the Colonial frontier in East Windsor, Connecticut. Three centuries later in 2003, eight events…

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