Somewhat amazingly, Dennis Rodman has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. I liked Rodman better when he played for the...
I was flipping through an old high school literacy magazine today, and it made me feel a little bit like writing poetry, or at least...
I'm not an economist, nor do I play one on TV, but I wasn't at all surprised by recent reports, such as this one , suggesting that...
Over at the DG , I write about my lovely hike up Crane Mountain in Johnsburg, N.Y., last weekend. Here's an excerpt: "The ascent...
Last week The Awl posted a list titled "Drinks That You Should Be Ashamed to Order in Public," and although I caution against taking...
Being from New Hampshire, I was interested to read this Boston Globe article about the state's most wanted criminal. Named John...
I have certainly seen better movies than the 1986 film "Stand by Me," but I still list the beloved coming-of-age film as one of my...
In my print column this week at the DG, I write about why I write. Here's an excerpt: "When I’m asked how I became interested...
I enjoy Tom Scocca's writing. He's sharp and sarcastic, and unafraid to challenge mainstream reporters and assumptions. His new book,...
Thanks to The Awl, I am now familiar with an emerging rap subgenre: frat rap, which had one of its first big mainstream hits in 2008,...
Over at the DG, I list five songs I'm really enjoying on the radio. Not to give anything away, but the list includes new music by the...
The Times has helpfully compiled some poems by new poet laureate Philip Levine, whom the paper describes as "the voice of the...
I've always been bad at math, and it's always been the subject I've worked hardest to understand. I even read a book called "Innumeracy:...
Over at his visual arts blog Get Visual, David Brickman writes about Blinky Palermo, a German painter who died mysteriously in 1977 at...
The Barbara Ehrenreich book "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America" is being re-released with a new afterword in honor of the...
I finally got around to watching the 2009 film "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," which bears only a passing resemblance to the...
My colleague Maggie Hartley writes about wildflowers and the drudgery of mowing the lawn this week in her environmental/nature column...
Overall, an enjoyably patriotic superhero movie. Chris Evans makes for a good Steve Rogers, although I can certainly imagine other...
Check out Bjork's new single, "Virus."
In recent years, online dating has become normalized. Most single people are doing it, or have done it, at one point or another....
Do you love the song "One Tin Soldier"? Or "The Rose"? How about "If I Had a Hammer," "Lord of the Dance," or "On the Loose?" Over at...
The Chihuly exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston ends today, and I hope people got a chance to see it, because it was really...
There's been a lot of discussion out there in the blogosphere, as well as the print media, about Obama, his leadership style, whether...
I am a sucker for decadent desserts, but I tend to find them disappointing. They are usually too big, and thus make you feel sick;...
I've never been a big font person, but I have seen the documentary "Helvetica," so I'm familiar with the theory that Helvetica is the...