Author: David Polansky

By Nov 10,2008

We all turn into our fathers

Well, I suppose this was bound to happen at some point: [O]n November 11, Simon & Schuster imprint Fireside Books will publish The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest...

By Nov 07,2008

Not again

As pleased as I am about Obama’s election, I am forced to confront what it means for the next four years of Roger Cohen columns. Roger Cohen writing under an...

By Nov 07,2008

More scenes from the L

The L is just a veritable cornucopia of unfortunate advertisements. Just today I witnessed one for adult education — certainly a noble pursuit, and hardly one worthy of mockery. Yet,...

By Nov 07,2008

The greatest actor ever?

It occurs to me that no reference to Nicholas Cage can be made without mentioning this utterly insane montage of him beating up women in The Wicker Man. Judging by...