Dig back through my archives to see a premonition of this piece at AlterNet, “Are Men Having an Identity Crisis?” Me then: Seth Rogen’s chubby frat boy, Steve Carell’s needy...
Psychology without Freud, economics without Marx, philosophy without Hegel: For disciplinary cheerleaders, this confirms intellectual progress. The cloudy old thinkers have made way for new scientific researchers. But at what...
The clip to read is Marc Ambinder’s: This could be one of those unexpected events that forever changes the way the world perceives an issue. Iraq’s Prime Minister agrees with...
First there was her assertion that Knocked Up features “nonexistence of abortion as an option,” which was, on its face, an absurd notion. Then this, on The Dark Knight: In...
Over at CNN’s entertainment blog, Audrey Irvine is complaining about children at the theater: So consider this. You’ve paid $9 (or more) for the ticket, $4 for the popcorn and...
Freedom of speech? Banned. The air? Unbreathable. Segregation? In full force: Bar owners near the Workers’ Stadium in central Beijing say they have been forced by Public Security Bureau officials...
