By • Dec 10,2009

Digital culture

Rod has a post up today about the joys of books and the emptiness in our lives that the Kindle and devices like it portend: This week, packing all those...

By • Dec 08,2009

Polanski’s art

Over the long Thanksgiving weekend, I finally had the chance to watch Roman Polanski’s Oscar-winning film, The Pianist. It isn’t the story of Polanski’s own survival, although it seems natural...

By • Dec 08,2009

Death threats for Obama

Four times as many as death threats for Bush? More? For his most passionate supporters, it is only natural to think of this young, charismatic and inspirational leader as another...

By • Dec 07,2009

What was Obama doing for three months?

If you don’t read Shadow Government, you should. It’s a blog written by a lot of very smart people who held significant positions in the Bush administration. (No, that isn’t...