When I was in high school, I picked up the paper one morning at breakfast to read about a terrible accident. A woman had been driving along the local interstate, and as she reached over to pluck a French fry from a bag in her daughter’s lap, she swerved ever so slightly into the shoulder […]
Most people think university professors have it easy: almost four months off in the summers, no classes, no requirement to report to work, and the paychecks still arrive each month. Why not head to Mexico?
Instead, I spend a good chunk of time each summer acting like a monk. I find a library, an archive, a repository — […]
American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century by Kevin Phillips (Viking 2006)
Kevin Phillips thinks the country is going all to hell, a predicament that’s largely the fault, his title suggests, of people who think the country is going to Hell. But thank God for subtitles […]
In my real life I don’t watch a lot of TV. I don’t have moral objections to television, I just don’t have time. I also don’t have much opportunity or interest. Trying to find a slot between our two gaming systems, Cartoon Network, Project Runway, and endless loops of Law and Order can be challenging. This […]
We take a break from the bathroom blogging to bring you more 100-words-or-fewer reviews:
It’s Never Been Like That, Phoenix (Astralwerks, 2006)
“Long distance call” has a funky, playful sound that has forced me on several occasions to stop whatever it is I am doing in order to dance around. It’s one of those songs where there […]