Coincidentally: Who Says There are Two Cultures?
Different hemispheres of the brain govern intuitive artistry and inductive science. Atrophy of one of the lobes can cause either…
The Unsolved Mystery of Mr. Dickens
June 9, 1870. Charles Dickens sat writing at his desk. He had been laboring more than was his custom on his…
Coincidentally: A Song of India
Facing me every morning on the wall of the room where I take my coffee and cast a cold eye…
Coincidentally: The Time of the Singing of Birds
Any normal teenager who daydreams of becoming a famous feuilletonist will find no theme more promising than the coincidence of…
Coincidentally: Intestinal Fortitude
In 782, Charlemagne suppressed a Saxon uprising led by the Westphalian chieftain Widukind, and massacred 4,500 captives in revenge for…
Squirrel Nutkin and the Art of Mischief
Running up and down Yggdrasil, the Tree of trees of Nordic lore, goes Ratatösk the Squirrel. Up and down Yggdrasil Ratatösk…
The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope: Escape From Cynicism
Are you a prisoner of cynicism? In a godless world where men tend to hedge their bets on man before…
Coincidentally: We Band of Brothers
Bernard Severin Ingemann’s beloved Danish hymn ‘Igjemem Nat og Traengsel,” written in 1825, was published twenty-four years later in the Nyt…
Coincidentally: The Yankees and Wagner
In the shaky science of probability, it is considered bad form to ask, “How can you be sure?” The statistician…
Don Quixote and the Via Dolorosa
Times there are when readers will find books spiritual that were written with no intention of being spiritual books. The subconscious…
