Send in the clowns
Sean MurphyWhat happens when you’ve jumped the shark and thrown up everything and the kitchen sink? Call...
The Day the Music Died
Fifty years. The loss of three rock and roll pioneers inspired one of the great...
Ars Moriendi
Or, the art of dying. Of course, a treatise like this made a great deal...
The Intellectual Super Bowl: Frank Rich, still undefeated
MVP! MVP! MVP! If, like me, you were unable to get through a day this...
48 years ago, today
On Feb. 1, 1960, four black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch...
For Borowski, Messiaen and the millions they spoke for…
Courtesy of Andrew Sullivan comes the link to this lengthy piece by Christopher...
OK, now I’m scared…
Bad new abounds. Financial companies? Publishing houses? Newspapers? Magazines? Consumer electronics corporations? Manufacturers? Detroit automotive?...
Richard Cohen Is A Clown
Cohen strikes again. What an asshole. See for yourself, here. Back then, a WP poll...
Art vs. Life and Death, Again
We were saying? Wow, look at the New York Times, today, on the complicated legacy...
Art vs. Life and Death, cont’d
Marjorie has some typically insightful observations on her blog, here. Sean blames critics and the...