In honor of romance I offer these three vignettes. Our first woman was very beautiful. She had an hourglass figure and long black hair. Her complexion was called “peaches and cream” and she once represented her state in the Miss America pageant. Everyone agreed she was stunning. She came from a successful family with plenty of material assets besides. One February a fellow she had been seeing for several months asked her whether she would like to go from New York to Ireland for a romantic getaway. He would pay for everything including first-class airfare, luxury hotels, and incidentals. ...
It has been a common maxim for the past few thousand years to “seize the day.” I have never advocated this indulgent philosophy. Too often it results in giving away all one’s money, garnering ...
Under discussion: The East, the West, and Sex: A History of Erotic Encounters, Richard Bernstein, Knopf (2009), 336 pages. It's no secret that Asian women and white men seem to have a good deal of ...
It has to be said that it’s getting a little difficult to keep up with just how many girlfriends David Letterman has had from the show. As I write, the count is up to four. ...
Kirsten Powers, the photogenic FOX News regular and New York Post syndicated columnist (who says neocon favorites can"t have it all?) has been fuming lately about the evil ...
People often ask me how I can write about Thomas Jefferson or James Madison, Abraham Lincoln or the American Revolution, the U.S. Constitution or the South. Hasn"t it ...
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