By • Jun 18,2008

The Technology of Memory

What happens to us when we can outsource and archive our memories? What’s the difference between technological recall and human remembrance? What do Jorge Luis Borges and Maude Flanders have...

By • Jun 18,2008

Sweet, sweet schadenfreude

Never, ever pen an article condemning another writer’s/publication’s poor copy editing skills. Within the first five paragraphs you are guaranteed to make a grammatical error of your own. Today’s example?...

By • Jun 18,2008

Size Matters

Unlike Reihan and like Matt Frost, My Sino-optimism is very limited. But after picking my way through thickets of ethnonationalism all throughout the past two weeks in Spain, I’ve got...

By • Jun 18,2008

My finals prediction was spot on!

At least, the second half was. Celtics in six, led by their stifling defense. It’s a shame the final game was a blowout, because the rest of the series had...

By • Jun 18,2008

Last Names and the Patriarchy

Matt Yglesias approvingly cites Kay Steiger: Furthermore, I never really understood, if it’s such an important issue for families to all have the same names (because how would you know...

By • Jun 18,2008

What Master Narrative?

One more reason why Frank Rich is sort of tripping (see below) is captured by Jonathan Chait with haikulike levels of parsimony: The McCain campaign’s line of the day is...