I Spy, Vatican-style
MI6 and CIA be damned! The Vatican and Pope Pius XII during World War II could have put any espionage agency to shame. As explained by...
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Wishing with Arithmetic: A Tribute to Edward Eager
In introducing this unsung author/adman/playwright, I first imagined starting off by saying I discovered Edward Eager on the shelves of...
Why you might try composing it backwards
I’ve always had a gripe with email application developers concerning the way they want us to write emails. When you go to write an email,...
Howling at the moon
Let's start with the trigger-warning. I'm not thinking about the violence—which is pretty much what any reasonable reader would expect,...
What the kale?!
The headline in The New York Times made my heart sink: “Kale? Juicing? Trouble Ahead.” Confession: I’m one of those Vitamix-loving,...
'Honey, what's Snapchat?' A remedial catch-up for texting grandmothers...
The reliably entertaining and readable blogger-cum-literati Amy Welborn flirts with Snapchat (Unfort., the rule is whenever over...
Heroism vs. Existentialism
With The Finest Hours, heroism returns to movies. True heroism — not the sentimental distortion of human duty and obligation that people...
#Beliebitornot
STOP ME IF you've heard this one before: Last month a topless Justin Bieber ambled into a West Hollywood Starbucks in search of a caramel...
One great MTV moment in time
"I fell in love with the video, a kind of comic-book noir that was groundbreaking then and still looks wonderful today." I could easily...
One more eulogy for Prince
Great even-handed tribute by Arsenio Orteza over at WORLD. After reading it I was struck by its understated effect and how little I...
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