To exhume or not to exhume? That is the question facing the Church of England right now as it considers an application to unearth William Shakespeare’s remains to determine if the poet smoked... Read more >>

Agatha Christie once famously said, “The simplest explanation is always the most likely.” However, when something shocking or catastrophic happens in our lives, simple explanations just... Read more >>

I choose the character Macbeth. If Duncan’s assassination had no negative consequences on Earth, Macbeth would risk eternal life by causing Duncan’s death. However, Macbeth knows that... Read more >>

In 2005, I was at a creative dead-end. After a long career as an actor, acting coach, and director, I was ready to leave my Hollywood ambitions but had no idea what to do with myself on the outskirts... Read more >>

But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? Shakespearian drivel. To die so juvenile Without life, the real tragedy lies Within defying Creator. And none but fools do wear it. Cast it... Read more >>

My father taught me how to work. He taught me the value of it. Yes, I am talking about physical labor, and we did a lot of it. But through that work, he also taught me the value of a good education,... Read more >>

In the last century Paris drew writers like moths to a flame. Ernest Hemingway fictionalized just about everybody he knew in 1920s Paris in the pages of A Moveable Feast. George Orwell published an... Read more >>

A horse is a horse (of course, of course), so why in the world does the English language have so many idiomatic expressions about these animals? Well, our relationship with these gentle creatures goes... Read more >>

Lightning rips across the blackness of the night, and a windy deluge is unleashed. Ancient King Lear, betrayed by his own misplaced love, stalks through the deep forest ranting at the skies: Blow,... Read more >>