I’ve always been a big fan of Dr. Drew Westen’s work — in fact, it baffles me...
Month: August 2011
As I make my way through rereading the A Song of Ice and Fire books it’s becoming...
The tide has been rising steadily for weeks if not months now, but with this latest love...
I haven’t done one of these in a while and this one is certainly not a new...
See more like this one, here. The Dark Crystal was a seriously freaky movie. They should remake...
Karl Smith on the conservative movement: The thing to remember is this outpouring of insanity is not...
As a brief follow up to my post on upper-middle-class families in modern television and film, I’d...
I’ve always been a bit of a outsider. I’m partially naturally inclined that way and partially fond...
Alyssa Rosenberg worries that the introduction of characters like Ashton Kutcher’s Walden Schmidt – the replacement for...
~by Ryan B Somewhat lost amidst the debt ceiling kerfluffle, the Federal Aviation Administration is about to...
~by RTod On Wednesday Erik posted a picture of two (presumably) married costumed lesbians, kissing while holding...
I pitch the creators of NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” on what I think is a pretty damn...
The state of Alabama has enacted a new law which would restrict the flow of various benefits...
Riffing off of my Atlantic piece, fantasy author R. Scott Bakker writes: According to common wisdom, genre...
People use these words to justify a lot of things. Oftentimes, I think they’re misused, or warped...
~by RTod Once upon a time, there was a Kingdom where the people were troubled. The kings and...
~by Kyle Cupp “Have you no shred of honor?” Ned Stark asks this question to the ever-plotting...
Hey everyone…big shameless self-promotion for yours truly. I’ve published my first-ever piece in The Atlantic. It’s about...
~ by Murali [This is an ongoing series by guest author, Murali. Read Part I here. Read...
Matt Yglesias makes tons of sense with his latest foray into an ongoing debate between him and...