Scaring the nation with their guns and ammunition…
Sean MurphyFor anyone who wants a more sober analysis of the Gates fiasco,…
July 28, 1979: The Long Way Home
If I ever need to check myself and consider what a privileged life I've led, I simply need to recall that moving across town in the summer of '79 was a…
Jim Rice: Hall of Fame
It's about time. Congrats, Jim. The man once broke a bat on a check swing: that alone should have ensured him enshrinement in the hall. He was a very bad…
“I’m Walken Here!”
The Christopher Walken imitation is its own industry. Some are good, most are mediocre, some are awful. Some are simply interesting, like the one below; some are perfection, like the…
Dan Auerbach, In Search of the Authentic Sound
During my recent discussion with Dan Auerbach, there was heavy construction underway in the unit above mine: the refrain of hammering, drill work, and boot steps were like a Greek…
Upfull Living Or, A Tale of Two Album Covers
Part One: Pharoah Sanders Maybe you have to be a Jazz aficionado to get excited by an album cover, but come on: How can you not love this? How can…
How Caddyshack Explains Everything (Exhibit A: The Deficit)
Listening to the disingenuous whining of the G.O.P. regarding the outrageous and irresponsible debt Obama is creating provokes various reactions. Here are ten of them. (But first, the image it conjures…
Sexism Sells…But Who’s Buying?
Our attitudes toward sex tell us just about everything we need to know about ourselves. Go ahead and open a book, put on the TV, pop in a DVD or turn…
We’ve Come A Long Way, Kind Of…
From today's NYT: On July 21, 1925, the ''monkey trial'' ended in Dayton, Tenn., with John T. Scopes convicted of violating state law for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. (The…
One Small Step for Man’s Mind
Listen: there are people who actually believe that the moon landing never happened. Lots of people. Not that it didn’t happen, necessarily, but that it was an elaborate, carefully staged…