Over at the DG, I write about how I miss the NBA. This is notable for two reasons: most people don't miss the NBA, and have already...
At this point it's hard to figure out what to say next about The Beach Boy's Smile album. Part of the problem is that everyone thought...
Over at the DG, I write about how much I love vacation, and how sad it is when vacations end and transport you back to the real world....
Here are some scenes from my trip to the British Virgin Islands. I stayed with my friend Susanna and her husband Amarro, who...
An article in CommonWealth magazine asks "What happens when a community loses its newspaper?", and suggests that residents of Holyoke,...
Travel: Sara Foss on eating in the Caribbean Parenting: J LeBlanc on her lack of parenting experience Unemployment: R.B....
I have a lot of feelings about getting downsized, but the biggest is probably a mixture of disappointment and embarrassment. The...
I'm not an early adopter of new technologies, and I tend to hang on to obsolete technologies for as long as possible. When I visited...
Boy, am I glad I didn't go to Penn State! Of course, my goal was to go to a school where nobody really cared about football, and I...
Over at the DG, I make my week 10 football picks. Click here to read them.
It is funny now to think back on certain things I worried about while pregnant. For instance, I actually considered asking a friend who...
"The Family Circus" is not the world's most cutting-edge comic. At times, it can make me roll my eyes. And yet I enjoy it. Maybe it's...
In her weekly column Greenpoint, my colleague Margaret Hartley writes about the onset of the cold season. Here's an excerpt: "The...
One interesting line of conservative thinking is to deny that sexual harassment exists. Here's John Derbyshire at the National...
Over at the DG, I write about some of the things I ate and drank on my lovely vacation in the British Virgin Islands, which came to an...
Movies and TV: J.K. Eisen on "Red State" and "Beavis and Butt-Head" Parenting/Family: Cindy F. Crawford on working from home...
We're officially on vacation until Nov. 9.
I have been desperately trying to get my son and my daughter to stop tongue kissing. Now, it's not what you think. My five-year-old...
So I discovered that maybe not all of my favorite poets have started blogs yet, but I knew there must be some good ones out there. The...
This New York Times article , on the supposed decline in Southern civility, has gotten a lot of criticism from the blogosphere, and...
Fans of Sherlock Holmes will want to check out this piece on The Awl.
Over at the DG, I make my week 9 NFL picks. Which, by the way, I am having my best season EVER. Click here to read them.
Several years ago my behavior at a social event had appalled me. I had acted in an intolerably immature and selfish way, and my...
I read with horror the recent news story about the poor passengers who were trapped on the tarmac in Hartford, Conn., for more than...
I just can't get enough of the Shaq/Kobe feud, even at this late date, which is why I ate up every word of this Deadspin piece, which...