The vote for Scottish independence will be held on September 18th, and emotions are running high across the Pond. For a long time it seemed that the vote wouldn’t even be close, with a significant majority of Scots inclined to remain united…
Regular Bacon Contributor Patricia Eastwood keeps her feet on the ground, but she’s always got her eyes on the sky. When she and Larry were married, the groom’s cake (made by the pastry chef at the Atlanta Athletic Club) featured all of…
In Joshua Ferris’s latest novel, To Rise Again at a Decent Hour (recently long-listed for the Man Booker Award), a dentist protagonist asks the big questions we all sometimes ponder: what is the meaning of life, and what is the meaning…