Innocence lost in today's 'porn'-filled society
So there I was, perusing the Perfex salt grinders at my local Williams-Sonoma store, when I overheard an excited thirty-something shopper exclaim breathlessly as she walked by the $1,999 Jura-Capresso Impressa S8 Super Automatic Espresso Coffeemaker, “Oh, this is pure kitchen-porn. Get me out of here.’’  More>>

Voters on the left and right are climbing back on the fence
This year’s political campaigns generated much regretful commentary about our polarized society, and those red-and-blue maps of the results reinforced the sense of a divided nation. More>>