Not So Wild About This Harry

Like the pollen count, Harry Potter is back-a sure sign that summer is here and the kids are on the loose again, with time to waste and allowances to burn. In their third year at Hogwarts, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his chums Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson), the 13-year-old wizards who turned J. Read More

Fear of Flying? Stay Off Harry’s Broomstick

Escapism seemed like a good idea at the time. Like most of us, I wasn’t handling terrorism especially well. I was wholly unqualified to search through rubble or soothe the relatives of the missing. I hadn’t prayed for 21 years. My skills as a fashion-magazine editor were pointless; there were no hot lines for lively Read More