Antiques of the 1960s.

Antiques from the 1960s make me uneasy. Here's an anthropromorphic bottle ("Mr. Bottle") embracing a shiny rocket, a large scu...

Devising personal methodologies.

At Borders, John was checking out " Law School Confidential: A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience ," and I picked up ...

Whoopi's swipe at Hillary.

According to the NYT , at that Democratic fundraiser the other night, where Whoopi Goldberg helped the slow members of the audience perceive...

Coffee and conventions.

I've been sitting here at Espresso Royale, drinking caffeine long enough to start finding the laughter of human beings bizarre and annoy...

What we're wondering about today.

Jeremy focuses attention on the pressing question whether Lambuel is a hoax. ( Here and here .) Lambuel is such a sweetly drawn Christian ...

Rank ambivalence.

The Saturday NYT, which maybe thinks nobody's reading, always runs a couple of articles that dip into the thoughts of the world of schol...

Rethinking: Is Joe Schmo worth watching?

Well, Throwing Things convinced me to watch my TiVo'd episodes of The Joe Schmo Show from the last two weeks. "Quite possibly the ...