Literary Arts - Sunset at Christmas
It is Julia's idea to go sailing on Thursday, the day before Christmas. I look at her like she is cracked in the head and she just stares back at me, her bright brown eyes all wide and innocent. "Come man," she says. "This is the best time to go, hardly anybody will be out there. We'll have the ocean all to ourselves."

City's last book store in trouble
The final chapter has been written for the lone book store on the streets of Laredo, a city with a population of nearly a quarter-million people that could soon be the largest in the United States without a single bookseller.

Book Review - Jamaica, absolutely!
The foreword, written by Arif Ali, the editor of this splendid volume, has high marks for the Jamaica which he came to investigate and write about. He remarks: "One should never forget that Jamaica is the land of the Maroons, the land that inspired Marcus Garvey and Bob Marley; a country whose people have chalked up many achievements in any country they have domiciled ... "

Sunday Sauce - Letter from a Rebecca Williams
Virtually every day I get an email whose writer has a huge sum of money to give away. The money is invariably stashed away in some bank account, unbeknownst to the depositor's relatives. Another trend is for the depositor to have died in some tragic accident or under mysterious circumstances.

Explosive new book reopens Clinton 'scandals'
Prosecutors investigating Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton were prepared to seek indictments of them for their roles in the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky affairs, an explosive new book about the former president's scandals charges.

Careers - A time for tough-minded optimism
Job cuts. Wage freezes. More work, less pay. Hard times. These are the mantras of our times, as the world closes its doors on what TIME magazine's December 7th cover, called 'The Decade from Hell.' These realities also represent a recipe for hopelessness and despair.