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Bob Dylan Must Get Stoned
Journalists have always been puzzled by Bob Dylan, but the confusion is of their own making. The…
Slowdown
On your thirtieth birthday, you find that your clothes Belong to someone slimmer. It’s like only your…
Legislative Bullying
Who—in sensitive, civilized America in 2014—could possibly be in favor of bullying? Every decent adult wants students…
Mad Men Goes Meta
Readers of a certain age may remember a television commercial about a boy, a bottle of ketchup, and…
Editing Each Other
I am an editor. My job is to improve manuscripts submitted by authors and prepare them for…
Ascetic Aesthetics
One Hopkins is enough,” said the poet A. D. Hope. By this he meant: Enough with the…
Frankenstein Unbound
Read part one here. “Those institutions and reporters were never as good as their reputations. . .…
Close Viewing
The seventh and final season of AMC’s Mad Men premiered last night to a viewership quite different…
Hollywood Hates Humans
I have noticed a consistent plot in the fantasy/science fiction genre over the last several years. Surely,…
Lear vs. Lear
There is a block in Brooklyn where it storms every day—twice a day, on Sundays. It’s been…
Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Music can move us in ways that reach beyond discursive speech. That does not mean that notes…
Sacred Rhythms
She was known as “the Little Piano Girl” from East Liberty, Pittsburgh, and grew up to be…
Hoops Humility
What makes this team special?” a reporter asked University of Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett after his…
Poetry’s True and False Art of Speaking
Before we worried about the effect of the digital word on the printed word, we worried about…
Not Just For Profit
Post-argument predictions will continue to pour out regarding Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Sebelius, cases…
