In his American Conservative review of Matt Yglesias’ new book, Heads in the Sand, Austin Bramwell contends that, “[i]n the end,” it is unclear whether Yglesias seeks anything more than...
The New York Times has a nice medium-sized bit up on burlesque, or should we say ‘neo-burlesque.’ I find it all pretty endearing. Contrary to the expectations of some cultural...
What a bizarre article in the LA Times about the Republicans’ awkward torment: the first half is a quick survey of the disarray, confusion, and bad karma that’s plaguing the...
Not crushing on him: Obama has apologized to the reporter: “Second apology is for using the word ’sweetie.’ That’s a bad habit of mine. I do it sometimes with all...
Sonny’s right — dead right — that Kilmer’s Doc Holliday is one of ’90s cinema’s indelible figures. “They want revenge.” “Fer what?” “Bein’ born.” Brrr! That’s movie magic. But what...
For a long time (i.e. since college) I have disliked one of the main rules of linguistics. Out of my dislike, I forgot what it’s called, but the rule states...
