Month: April 2011

I really enjoyed reading this Maria Bustillos piece on David Foster Wallace’s heavily annotated collection of self-help books. One surprise was the number of popular self-help books in the collection, and the care and...

Seen in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania today around 2:00pm. So I guess all this political stuff doesn’t really matter. What are you doing this weekend?

William Galston, the issues director of Walter Mondale’s 1984 presidential campaign, takes a look at President Obama’s reelection prospects and finds that he’s vulnerable to a “credible” Republican...

For those of you who may not of heard, today is more than just the last day to file your tax returns. It is a day that has a far greater significance. Today is a Day of Silence in support for LGBT youth. On the National Day of...

A friend sent an email with a number of the standard complaints liberals have about President Obama and, although I knew it wouldn’t work, I sent back some factual corrections. The response was “those sound like...