Click Here to Read: Stephen Sondheim, The Art of the Musical Interviewed by James Lipton
in the Paris Review Issue 142, Spring 1997.
Stephen Sondheim. Image: Unknown Photographer. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Author: Tamar Schwartz
Extraordinary Riches: TOPS training series taps into thirst for human connection
Bucking a Global Trend, Spain Offers Undocumented Migrants a Legal Way to Stay
Click Here to Read: Bucking a Global Trend, Spain Offers Undocumented Migrants a Legal Way to Stay: The measure, unexpectedly approved, comes as other countries are cracking down on immigration By José Bautista Reporting from Madrid in The New York Times on January 27, 2026.
World map showing the main foreign-born communities of Spain by country of birth as of 1 January 2023. By region, Latin America is the most important region of origin of new Spaniards (chiefly the Andean and Caribbean regions), followed by the Maghreb (chiefly Morocco), Europe (Eastern Europe and Britain), South Asia (Pakistan), West Africa (Senegal and Nigeria) and China.Image: Preckthi Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849)
Click Here to Read: Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) Art, beauty, and terror in perfect rhythm by Robert Goodman on the Spoken Word Poetry Substack on January 28, 2026.
Edgar Allan Poe. Image: W.S. Hartshorn (1848 daguerreotype). C.T. Tatman (1904 photo of a c. 1848-1860 photo of daguerreotype missing since 1860). Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
When Narcissism Becomes Megalomania
Click Here to Read: When Narcissism Becomes Megalomania: Tracking the Scary Deterioration of Trump’s Mind (Vol. 6; Issue 4) by Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD in his Journeys into the Unconscious Mind Newsletter on January 28, 2026.
A sign altered in December 2025 marks “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts” Image: Dclemens1971. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
