Wolcott on Denby on Knocked Up
James Wolcott has a nice riff off of David Denby’s essay in the recent New Yorker. Though I’m not a huge Denby fan, in general, I think everyone’s being a bit harsh on the essay, which was actually pretty good. Still, I always enjoy Wolcott taking...C is for Cruise, Tom
Tom Carson, one of my favorite working all-purpose, culturally omnivorous, pound-for-pound critics, wrote a wonderfulicious essay on Tom Cruise a few years that you just have to read (okay, you don’t have to read it, but if you don’t, you’ll forever...
Romney, Torture and Teens
When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he'd support doubling the size of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, he was trying to show voters that he'd be tough on terror. Two of his top fundraisers, however, have long supported using coercive tactics...
FreeSport: Lance Free
As an avid cycling fan, these are my high holy days. Beginning in early July and running through the third week of the month, I'll spend countless hours in front of the television or surfing through a variety of cycling-related Internet sites, following the...E-Edition
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