A pattern has emerged with every new allegation of sexual misconduct. After the bombshell comes an "apology" letter — now the accused's ubiquitous and perfunctory mechanism for responding. Many have ...

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So writes Clive James towards the end of The River in the Sky (Picador, $32.99 hardback), a 121-page poem that may be his last book. People, including James’s friends, have joked about his Dame Nellie ...

You must not keep two supposedly identical but different weights in your pocket: a heavy one for buying and a light one for selling. ~ Deuteronomy 25:13 You must not steal from the poor and give to ...

"A good, honest look at ourselves." "Too damn honest," said his friend of 45 years, John Mitchell, at Hugo's memorial service in 1982. "Hugo was so damned honest it wasn't even right." Honest poems, ...