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…