STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- In 1989, I was introduced to the writings of a man who became my inspiration. Or should I say became my “Comfort.” His title and name — Dr. Alex Comfort, gerontologist. His book ...

Classic 1950 essay on the criminology of government by Dr Alex Comfort, republished in 1988 with a new preface. Originally written in the wake of WWII, the book was concerned with illustrating that ...

“Polymath” is almost too limited a word to describe Alex Comfort, the physician, scientist, novelist-poet with what you might call subspecialties in gerontology and sexology — not to mention that a ...

The Vol. 4, No. 3 (Winter 1949) issue of Retort, an anarchist publication produced out of Bearsville, New York from 1942-1951. The Vol. 4, No. 1 (Autumn 1947) issue of Retort, an anarchist publication ...

The Duty to Stand Aside: Nineteen Eighty-Four and the Wartime Quarrel of George Orwell and Alex Comfort, by Eric Laursen, AK Press, 176 pages, $16 In 1972 Dr. Alex Comfort had a colossal hit with The ...

Humans are addicted to cherished principles, certainties that have been expensively acquired and should not be questioned. Science is in this respect extremely human—it is always relieved to feel that ...