I grew up in an Irish Catholic home in San Francisco across the street from Dolores Park, and though it was technically a “broken home” since …

We have just lost one of America’s premiere blues players, John Hammond, Jr. (November 13, 1942 – February 28, 2026), who was an American blue…

One day in July, I was riding in my Uncle Emmett’s boat on the San Joaquin River, reading The Sun Also Rises, when we heard on the radio that …

Actor, director Robert Redford has died. He was 89.

I have always admired the importance of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson’s beautifully written document, with those strong, f…

Bloomsday is a kind of unofficial holiday celebrating Leopold Bloom, an Irish Jewish character who is one of the protagonists in Joyce’s landm…

I have always been a fan of Bob Dylan as a songwriter and learned guitar and harmonica to play his many memorable songs. It was a delight to s…

I remember a time when the Beatles, Bob Dylan, miniskirts, marijuana and major political protests were about to explode across Europe and Amer…

Val Kilmer grew up in Los Angeles and began studying acting in grammar school. Though Kilmer quickly became a star on stage and screen, during…