Leonard Knight, the lean and sturdy New Englander who spent three decades joyously painting religious messages on a tall mound of adobe he called Salvation Mountain in the Imperial Valley desert, died Monday at age 82. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading Tagged: read

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Call it the loophole that destroyed the world. It’s 1999, the tail end of the Clinton years. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading Tagged: read

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OXFORD, England — To compile a dictionary of nearly every word in the English language was an endeavor typical of Victorian times, complete with white-bearded gentlemen, utter confidence and an endearingly plodding pace. After a quarter-century, the first installment emerged in 1884. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading Tagged: read

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A reader recently wrote in asking if I could share a bit about the process of putting the book together and talk about how the project started. Certainly. I go on two solitary walks every day. There is a small park off the Embarcadero that is tucked away in a quiet spot. Read The Rest … Read More →

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Redating the Sphinx by David P. Billington, Jr. Copyright 1996. Updated February 2008. The Great Sphinx of Giza. Courtesy and copyright of John Bodsworth. The Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt, is the largest and most famous sculpture in the world. Read The Rest ☞Filed under: Recommended Reading Tagged: read

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