“Nixon Field” Has A Certain Ring To It

The Washington Post reached new heights of populist aesthetic dudgeon over the architecture of the just-opened National Stadium. In today’s paper, the snarky Style sectionistas took on the question of naming rights.   The Redskins play at FedEx Field, the...

Close to Home

The South Side Inn is at the corner of State and Main Streets in my hometown, New Albany, Indiana, directly across from the town’s oldest building – the house constructed by the three Scribner brothers when they arrived in 1813 from (logically enough)...

35 Years of Experience: Years 1 + 2

Reverend Jeremiah Wright has at least temporarily retired the phrase “chickens coming home to roost” but that’s the phrase that comes to mind reading Dan Calabrese’s column about Hillary Clinton’s performance as a staff attorney on the...

Tuesdays With Franklin

The friends seemed uncharacteristically preoccupied as they idly chatted before ordering their usual Eggs Benedict. When the plates appeared —literally— on the table, even though the sight was familiar it was impossible not to admire the artistry involved....