Jim Leff's Slog

I've been having trouble articulating the mounting trepidation I'm feeling about moving out of the country. But the whole thing just...

That's a nicely terse explanation of how Italy is about to wind up with an openly, flagrantly, fascist leader ( here's Ben-Ghiat...

I'm watching Ken Burns' new three-part series "The U.S. and the Holocaust" on PBS, and it's, obviously, a tough ride, ...

I recently wrote about lost knowledge , the disheartening fact that while civilization appears to be on a broadly smooth uphill curve, loads...

I've beefed up the "Popular Entries" list of links in the left margin. Take a look, if you'd like.

Night Driver It's 1980 and my big exploits are 1. learning to drive and 2. hanging out in pinball/video arcades (arcades in the 80s...

I've always used Macbook Pros docked with  external monitor , keyboard , and mouse at home. It offers the best of all worlds; maintaini...

I figured out a great analogy for something I previously found impossible to explain. But it will take a minute to set up (especially with t...

Ever since I graduated from college, I've fantastized about what I'd say if I were a commencement speaker. I'm slowly compiling ...

Previous installment First installment All installments in reverse chronological order "The child is the father of the man", t...