In the long fairway into the harbor of Suva City on Viti Levu, Fiji, the sharks play among the debris.

Island residents in every coffee shop and every intersection are beginning to grumble (rightly so) about the bump in traffic at this time of year.

n late 1969 I drew a high 303 in the Selective Service pool, which meant I was not going to be drafted to fight in the war in Viet Nam.

I first read Proust’s Swann’s Way as a sophomore in college. Not even 20 years old, what could I know about time?

On April 22, more than a million citizens marched in 600 cities across the United States and abroad in support of science — an impressive turnout.

John Adams loved a good party, especially on the Fourth of July.