Goldbergian Triumphs of Europe

I used to work in Switzerland. And, outside of one particularly fetching news anchor, I found Swiss TV a weird, weird place. Exhibit A was a 30-minute or so segment that kept re-airing, in which a vast room held an equally vast Goldbergian machine system. Everything...

Superintendent Search: Let the Drama Begin

No big surprise here: Danny Warwick, a long-time School Department employee and deputy superintendent since 2004, was named one of two finalists for the city’s school superintendent job. The other finalist, named yesterday by a search committee, is Jesus Jara,...

Against Me, And Her.

Tom Gabel, lead singer of angsty politlcal punks Against Me! is, evidently, set to reveal to Rolling Stone magazine, that he is now she, coming out as Laura Jane Grace, and revealing her struggle with gender dysphoria. Initially, this seems to be rther heavy, in a...