March 25, 2010 · Octomom, plucky, publicity-seeking mom of 14 kids, including the octuplets who gave her her name in the national media,...

May 15, 2010 · As the nation pays not-so-rapt attention to the confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan, how many of you have been thinking...

August 3, 2009 · I had recently begun arguing to my friends that in fact our problem was not that we were involved in too many wars, but...

February 27, 2010 · I’m not normally one for religious holidays of any sort, but an article in Slate has made me think I might be...

February 14, 2010 · Finally got around to watching Shrek. More interesting than I had anticipated. But I do have a question or two… The...

August 2, 2009 · Many of my friends are of the “Bush was awful and every single thing he ever did was awful” persuasion. And there’s...

July 30, 2009 · http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/business/31pay.html?_r=1&hp Big Banks Paid Billions in Bonuses Amid Wall St. Crisis By...

July 28, 2009 · A blog story ( http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/two-states-legalize-guns-in-bars/ ) in the NYT reports that...

April 25, 2009 · I received a fortune cookie in a Chinese restaurant a little while ago which read: "Fear is the darkroom where...

June 9, 2009 · Rest in peace, Grasshopper “We have all been in rooms/We cannot die in” “Adultery,” James Dickey In Tarantino’s Kill Bill...

June 25, 2009 · So apparently philosophy is not dead. In a bid to enrich the passenger experience on the London tube, they have decided...

July 17, 2009 · Subsidize Viagra to ensure quality of life: Swedish court Published: 10 Jul 09 18:40 CET Arguing that having sex is...