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by | Nov 14, 2016

Question: Sir, about letting bygones be bygones, did you mean it? The President-Elect: Yeah, I mean it. I’ve already decided…

by | Nov 14, 2016

At the center of the vast difference between humans and every other species to call Earth home, and the fatal complication for every theory that purports to explain all, is speech. Language. It’s the main thing that separates humans from every other species, and makes possible the things that make humans human — abstract thought, the ability to remember the past and contemplate the future, to have aesthetic, intellectual, and spiritual lives.

by | Nov 8, 2016

The safe thing to say on an Election Day is that whoever wins, the sun will come up next day….

by | Nov 7, 2016

One of the running gags in The Simpsons has to do with Homer’s mother, who left Abe Simpson when Homer…

by | Nov 4, 2016

Melania has been quiet this election season. I just assumed she was taking care of Trump the Youngest and the…

by | Nov 4, 2016

Sabrina Erdely made up a story about a woman who claimed she was gang-raped at a University of Virginia frat….

by | Nov 1, 2016

While being a spornosexual (metrosexuals are so last year) may be the “it” thing, if men want to live longer,…

by | Nov 1, 2016

Ten years of work, 53 personal interviews, and a lifetime of theater criticism combine to make Gerald Nachman’s new book, “Showstoppers,” a Broadway hit. Fans of musicals will find a wealth of astonishing stories here that they thought they already knew by heart. Indeed, Nachman’s subtitle is fully justified: “The surprising backstage stories of Broadway’s most remarkable songs.”

by | Oct 31, 2016

Last week, Berkeley students of color blocked white people from transversing a bridge while allowing people who were not white passage…

by | Oct 31, 2016

Geez, research like this makes women seem stupid and it’s so irritating: This geeky image is at odds with the…

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