By • Mar 13,2009

David Foster Wallace

I read this harrowing New Yorker piece on the life and death of writer David Foster Wallace with a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. The article has...

By • Mar 13,2009

Congrats to Ross

Ross Douthat, as we all know by now, has been chosen to take up residence on the op-ed pages of the New York Times. This is excellent news: Ross is...

By • Mar 12,2009

The Weakness of Genre

“??? ???????” asked Lenin in 1901. Ever since then, learned men have felt compelled to end all descriptive essays with an attempt to outline a way forward. Sometimes, these men...

By • Mar 12,2009

Two for the price of one

People never ask me why I’m an Anglophile, but if they did, I’d probably point them to this: I’m also a fan of the Magna Carta and the metaphysical poets.

By • Mar 12,2009

The Prop. 8 Blacklist, cont.

From the Weekly Standard: Until now, donating to a cause did not open private citizens to a battery of invective and jackboot tactics. While celebrities sport their moral vanity with...

By • Mar 12,2009

He’s goin’ hungry

I’ve always found Daniel Larison’s ability to toss off elaborate yet concisely-argued blog posts in the time it takes me to pee a bit daunting. Where most bloggers draft sentence...