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The U.K.’s The Times has a remarkable article by a four-one year old pilot named Patrick Muirhead that contains one of the most surprising titles I’ve ever seen in a mainstream newspaper: “ The day I decided to stop being gay ” Choosing an excerpt that does justice to the piece . . . . Continue Reading »

“De gustibus non disputandum est, ” the Romans used to say: Concerning taste, it is not to be argued. But concerning taste—the physical sense, not the aesthetic sentiment—Carolyn Korsmeyer argues that it is not as philosophically inconsequential as once believed : For . . . . Continue Reading »

Taylor Mali —one of the most exciting artists to emerge from the poetry slam movement—produced a brilliant spoken word performance with his “ Totally Like Whatever, You Know? .” Now someone has set it to typography and made it (almost) better. Here is a transcript of the poem . . . . . Continue Reading »

Joseph Bottum has some interesting thoughts’s about the election in today’s On the Square article. This observation in particular seems to be exactly right: The person who handed Scott Brown his victory? Ted Kennedy. Oh sure, Brown campaigned brilliantly, Martha Coakley campaigned . . . . Continue Reading »

In retrospect, the election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts probably shouldn’t be all that suprising. His opponent in the race, Martha Coakley, ran one of the worst campaigns in the history of electoral politics, turning off the two biggest constituinces in the state—Catholics and Red Sox . . . . Continue Reading »

Megan McArdle offer some of the best advice I’ve heard in a long, long time: The next time you are trying to imagine why the people who disagree with you are actively promoting the destruction of all that is good in the universe, grab a soothing cup of mint tea, put your feet up on a comfy . . . . Continue Reading »

Stewart Lundy has an illuminating interview with Japanese-American artist Makoto Fujimura . A committed Christian and world-class artist, Fujumura is likely the only elder of the Presbyterian Church in America to have a following among New York’s avant-garde art scene. DK: What aesthetic . . . . Continue Reading »

In the future, anthropologists wanting to understand our present culture will find the key in a curious cultural artifact—the greatest (and longest) misogynist masterwork ever to be captured on film: Sex and the City . The television series—46.5 hours—and film—another 151 . . . . Continue Reading »

The New York Times reports on a study that explains the reason so many academics are liberal is because . . . academics are typecast as being liberal? The overwhelmingly liberal tilt of university professors has been explained by everything from outright bias to higher I.Q. scores. Now new research . . . . Continue Reading »

A Michigan company has been i nscribing references to New Testament Bible passages on high-powered rifle sights provided to the United States military. . . . . Continue Reading »