Feb 26,2006
Church for Libertarians
An answer to the old question, Can you worship Ayn Rand and God at the same time?
Feb 26,2006
Spark of Genius
For much of the last year, I have been immersed in the novels of Muriel Spark. It’s had the effect of making me feel not quite myself. Spark would probably...
Feb 26,2006
Fiction: Rialto’s Women
The music playing-what is it called? It’s called chill, not cold not warm but chill, soft beats and harmless melodies. Lounge music. God, it’s loud. “I’m going to get my...
Feb 20,2006
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…my district?
In ancient times, men looked up at the stars and saw warriors, bears, and flying horses. On a partly cloudy day, children look at the sky and imagine floating castles...
Feb 12,2006
Music wants to be free
Just like news and opinion is free on the Internet today, so will new music be tomorrow.
Feb 12,2006
Those terrible ‘toons
It’s hard to talk about the ongoing flap over the Danish political cartoons without feeling a sense of irony. Here you have a handful of drawings making the argument (clumsily...