Portfolio: Richard Merkin

The great thing about being an artist is this: All the things you’ve done, all the pictures you’ve made, they’ll stay and say what you wanted to say.

Perennial Voyager

John Ashbery at Home

There are few laudatory adjectives that critics haven’t applied to John Ashbery’s 26 books of poetry; “dazzling,” “sublime,” and the like become shopworn.

Omega Rising

A center for wellness and personal growth, Omega is a mecca of spiritual ideas and methodologies and a platform for many of the world’s foremost thinkers.

Sometimes You Want to Go

Blue Plate Restaurant

The Blue Plate Restaurant is one of those rarities that possess a definitive but indescribable essence—what’s known in Latin as genius loci, or “spirit of place.”

Hold the Bread on that Sandwich, Please

Gluten is the probable main culprit in celiac, an autoimmune disease that can damage the small intestines and makes it difficult for people with the illness to absorb nutrients from other food.

Gutter Rock Girl

The Laura Pepitone Show

Weird isn’t the word for this spectacle; the Laura Pepitone Show and her infinite energy are almost too much—dizzying, inspiring, funny, and extremely entertaining, in one surreal serving.

Stories of the Displaced

Letter from Iraq

Approximately 50,000 to 60,000 Iraqis are fleeing their homes per month, according to Rana Sweis, spokesperson for the Jordanian office of the UNHCR.

Classical Homeopathy: Alive and Well

Your Own Healthy Vital Force is the Best Medicine

When David Kramer’s chronic allergies were eliminated by homeopathic treatment, he knew there was something remarkable afoot in this approach.