To talk about fashion while the Russian invasion of Ukraine rages may seem insensitive, but I have a reason for doing so. As a prognosticator of the future, fashion beats astrology.  For example, one persistent theory in the stock market says that when dress hemlines go up, the econo

Waiting for Gadot, a play about waiting and written by Samuel Beckett, had its one-night performance at San Quentin in 1957. When it ended, the inmates were reported to have given the production a standing ovation. Few know better about waiting than prisoners, their lives on hold, and

We’ve all heard about the butterfly effect: a butterfly flaps its wings in New Mexico and causes a hurricane in China.  The expression seems mystical, like a Japanese koan, but it’s simply a matter of cause and effect.  One of the best examples starts with a dress. In the 18th c