Over at the DG, I list some of the songs I like by artists I hate. One favorite is Barry Manilow's "Copacabana (At the Copa)."...
Curious about what to read to prepare for the coming economic apocalypse? The website i09 has helpfully compiled a reading list...
I've been wishing Modest Mouse would release a new album, as the band's most recent album, "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank," was...
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is one of the more pleasant cinematic surprises of the summer, a rousing, fast-paced simian action...
Over at Kotaku, Maria Bustillos writes a fairly thought-provoking and philosophical piece about video game deaths, and how they help us...
Over on his blog, Roger Ebert has posted the opening pages of his memoir, which will be published on Sept. 13. Here's an excerpt:...
In her column this week at the DG, my colleague Margaret Hartley writes about the bonds forged between neighbors who garden. Reminds...
Over at the DG, I provide my personal account of today's earthquake. Which I wasn't planning to do, as I mention in my post. But then...
My friend Philip Schwartz at the Albany Business Review has been blogging about bike commuting. In his most recent post , he writes...
Being from New Hampshire, I was of course incredibly sad when the Old Man on the Mountain, the granite cliffs in the White Mountains...
It's always a bit startling to pick up a national newspaper or magazine and suddenly realize you're reading about your community....
In my column this week at the DG, I write about why sometimes it's good to forget ... at least a little. Here's an excerpt: "The...
I got on a Sidney Lumet kick a while back, and watched several of his films, including his 1981 film about police corruption, "Prince of...
The Replacements disbanded some time ago, and bandleader Paul Westerberg has since transformed into a sensitive singer-songwriter....
The Atlantic Monthly latest issue features an excellent cover story by Don Peck on whether the middle class can be saved, as well as a...
Brand loyalty is a way of life for my grandfather. He gravitates toward Ford vehicles; keeps his house stocked with only Yuengling...
Over at the DG , I consider which great books I think are overrated, which books I think are awesome and which books I feel kind of...
I read "The Help" because a local flack thrust it upon me and told me it was the greatest book in the world, and that I absolutely had...
I love dolphins, and on a trip to the Everglades a couple years ago, I was fortunate enough to see two dolphins frolicking in the wake...
Director David Lynch has an electro-pop album called "Crazy Clown Time" coming out in November. It even features Karen O of the Yeah,...
Good Magazine reports on a traveling museum that collects mementoes from failed relationships. The items are currently on display at...
The British phone hacking scandal just gets worse and worse , and although I haven't followed every single twist and turn, it seems...
Over on his blog Bank Talk, my friend Adam Rust explains why the housing market is going to continue to struggle. The piece is a...
Over at the DG, I review the amateurish yet engaging new documentary about the influential hip-hop band A Tribe Called Quest, "Beats,...
In her column this week at the DG , my colleague Maggie Hartley writes about the benefits of hanging the wash out to dry. Here's an...