A recent article of mine on whether contemporary circus needs a new name to separate it from traditional circuses has sparked a fair bit of debate. I wrote the piece in response to some comments by ...

A popular English idiom, "Not my circus, not my monkeys," originating from Poland, offers a light-hearted way to disengage ...

Tucson isn't exactly a magnet for circus troupes, but this weekend two are setting up stakes and high wires to deliver their versions of the greatest shows on earth. Neither is an elephants-and-tigers ...

As best as I can recall, the circus came to the small town in the Oregon steppe where I grew up when I was about 8. It was only a one-ring circus. I remember clearly the elephants. The huge wrinkled ...