Although I am not an expert in cinema, I have to believe that I am one of many people who count Alexander Payne as one

I am writing this blog from the Tucson airport as my wife and I are returning from a brief getaway in the Desert Southwest.  We

Years ago when I was on the Board of Editors for what was then called Perspectives magazine, a consultant brought us all to a moment

A cartoon that made the rounds on social media around the time of the Fall time change a week ago showed two older men passing

The world is a bleak place these days.  Long about the time one had gotten used to having an abiding sadness and sickness over the

I am guessing that not a lot of RJ readers have heard of something named Mounjaro.  But thanks to heavy advertising on TV probably most

The New York Times has been, one suspects, doing very well these days through its Games/Puzzle division.  Of course for almost as long as the

The title of today’s RJ blog is borrowed from a chapter title in a book of essays by the late Frederick Buechner.  I was reminded