The callous invasion of August 20, 1968 seems to us, much more than simply another Czech disaster–or simply an invasion at all. August 20th sees but the latest step in a macabre dance in which the Czech people have been whirled since 1918, the year they declared themselves a republic. There appears, in our view, […] Read more

I took a walk along the historic coast of Normandy in the country of France. It was a lovely day for strolling along the seashore. Men were sleeping on the sand, some of them sleeping forever. Men were floating in the water, but hey didn’t know they were in the water, for they were dead. […] Read more

HARKER’S JOURNAL It was on the dark side of twilight when we got to Bistritz, which is a very interesting old place. Being practically on the frontier—for the Borgo Pass leads from it into Bukovina—it has had a very stormy existence, and it certainly shows marks of it. Fifty years ago a series of great […] Read more

After months of very little repose, my wife and I grew irritable, barking at each other about everything from whose turn it was to sing, “I See the Moon” to our daughter at 3am to who – in our sleepwalking states, had placed the baby monitor in the fridge next to the long-forgotten bottle of […] Read more

He is known in his homeland by many poetic titles–the Ocean of Wisdom, Holder of the White Lotus, and Protector of the Land of Snows. Millions of followers around the globe worship him as Tibet’s Living Buddha and its Wish-Fulfilling Gem, the reincarnation of Bodhisattva Chenrezig, the Lord of Compassion. Here in the West, we […] Read more

“Hello, Auntie,” I said in a level voice. “It isn’t nice to sneak up behind me. Especially lately.” She held my weight off of her with one arm, though it wasn’t easy for her. There was a quality of strain to her melodic voice. “Child,” she breathed. “You anticipated my approach. Had I not stopped […] Read more

Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who is retiring from the United States Senate after twenty-four years in office, spent his afternoons during the winters of 1942 shining shoes in front of the Wurlitzer Building, on Forty-second Street between Sixth Avenue and Broadway. He was fourteen years old and lived in a small Upper West Side apartment with […] Read more

All of us here at DataPlex welcome you to our website in which we attempt to distill the essence of what we are all about … helping our customers improve their use of disparate, complex and ever-changing technologies. In a nutshell, we increase their “tech worth” by evolving, integrating or expanding their existing systems and […] Read more

David Hockney was born on July 9, 1937 in the industrial town of Bradford, in Yorkshire, England, to a working-class but politically radical family. Although his father, Kenneth, ran an accounting business, he was also an antiwar activist who wrote letters of protest to world leaders. David was the fourth of five children. His mother, […] Read more