The most surprising aspect of Scottish-American cuisine is not the amusing names of dishes such as Inky Pinky, a hash, or Rumbledethumps, a potato-cabbage dish. Nor is it the sometimes exotic ingredients, like the sheep’s lungs which... Read More

US sales for Amazon Media reached $3.58 billion in 2006, the first year Amazon outsold Borders in North America. Amazon is changing the publishing industry, and judging from this trend, self-publishing writers would be wise to at least... Read More

“Traditional art derives from a creativity which combines heavenly inspiration with ethnic genius, and which does so in the manner of a science endowed with rules and not by way of individual improvisation.” So pronounces Swiss-born... Read More

A touching tribute to his mother, Craig Gallagher’s slim volume, "Peaces" (a play upon “pieces”), contains a multiplicity of insightful epiphanies interlaced with refreshingly creative imagery. Anyone interested in spirituality,... Read More

The most onerous obstacle to achieving a retirement lifestyle above the level of cat food subsistence is the belief that debt is acceptable. Robert Lamoreaux, an experienced estate lawyer and financial planner knows what he’s up... Read More

As a manager beleaguered with tasks who hasn’t thought that if the employees were only more industrious/dedicated/loyal that business would be better than usual? As an employee coming off an exhausting shift who hasn’t heard the... Read More

Adam Rivon grew up in a single-parent household the youngest of seven. Watching his mother work three jobs to make ends meet he vowed that when he grew up he’d never find himself in a position of poverty. He kept the promise to himself... Read More

Sweet Pea emerges from garden dirt in a state of confused disorientation. “And who was she really? What was the deal?” A friendly bee stops to assure Sweet Pea that her purpose in life need not remain a mystery. Unfortunately the bee... Read More