By • Jul 21,2008

Manliness

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...

By • Jul 20,2008

News Flash

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...

By • Jul 18,2008

Children at the theater

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...