200 photographs.

I was just thinking that my text-to-photograph ratio had shifted way too far toward the photographic -- a consequence of springtime? -- and ...

"We are being played by the lawyers, with leaks and well-chosen sound bites."

Do you think you know which side is telling the truth in the Duke lacrosse team rape case? You shouldn't. IN THE COMMENTS: I defend Dahl...

Suddenly, something is keeping us alive.

Did you notice the stunning drop in the death rate? The National Center for Health Statistics reports that there was a 2 percent decrease i...

"The yield of her legendary scrutiny informed by a worldliness more political than clitoral."

Do you trust a writer who writes like that to tell you why one writer is better than another? Her spare precise locution rewards not specta...

Art bikes.

Tulips and politics.

Today, in the public square, it's all tulips and politics. Closeup on the politics: Respite:

"It creates a habit of fluency that pours right over the surliest block."

The surliest writer's block , that is. So says Amba , talking about blogging, in response to -- thanks! -- my little "pseudo-blog...