A kitschy 62-foot statue of Jesus outside of Cincinnati was destroyed by lightning last night.
David Schaengold
This bizarre Jeff Jacoby column argues that we shouldn’t hurt oil’s feelings. He quotes: Americans consume oil...
The urbanist blogosphere, for those of you who don’t follow it, has been chattering about street grids...
Rod Dreher asks a good question: “… the Clinton marriage, however hollow from the inside, still honors...
This is a silly question. For an 8 by 8 by 8 foot cube of jello to...
Conor Friedersdorf has written a disastrous post about New York over at the Atlantic. His specific complaints...
As it happens, I grew up in the same “traditionalist Roman Catholic city” as Jason and Chris,...
While the difference between Comedy Central’s treatment of Muhammad and every other religious figure is certainly striking,...
Janette Sadik-Khan and her posse continue to reclaim Manhattan streets for the people who actually use them....
The Obama administration has declared publicly that the United States will not retaliate with nuclear weapons against...
Over the last year or so, bloggers at First Things have taken the position that the animal rights...
Like Will, I was at Philip Blond’s Georgetown lecture on Thursday. Unlike Will, I was predisposed to...
Much ado has been blogged about Emily Howell, the computer program that writes Bach chorales , Mozart...
Somewhat belatedly I’d like to link to this piece about slum urbanism: how environmentalists and other city-lovers...
“Does it matter where you see a piece of art?” Jed Perl asks at the New Republic,...
While reading Megan McArdle’s interesting pair of posts on “non-practicing” pedophiles, I was struck by the thought...
Is the GOP really becoming the party of torture? For the past several years I have been...
Martin Scorsese’s latest movie, Shutter Island, opened today. It received a decidedly negative critical reaction. A.O. Scott...
Not that we would go there ourselves, mind you, but today’s announcement that Broadway will remain closed...
Urbanophile has posted some thoughts on preserving buildings from the mid-20th century: “Mid-century modern architecture is now...
