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If you’re on Facebook long enough, you’ll probably get a wall post, a message, or...

So says a Craigslist job ad: NEED A ENGLISH TUTOR No kidding. And the post itself...

I have it in my mind that I must have a particular piece of expensive technology —...

The National Review has a must-read cover story on David Mamet’s (de)evolution toward conservatism, and despite my loathing...

Jonathan Chait manages to come to the justified defense of Al Gore, attack the political...

I am directed to a quote of David Hume’s, whose 300th birthday is this week, from Robert...

I was on tour with the American Shakespeare Center in 2004, and we were performing in a...

In 1860, botanist Asa Gray reviewed the brand new book, On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, for...

I wholeheartedly agree with Hendrik Hertzberg, this editorial from the Los Angeles Times in support of the National Popular Vote initiative (which neuters...

Reading Matthew Stewart’s The Courtier and the Hereticis proving most fascinating. It is illuminating to me...

In the consistently-fascinating journal n+1, Alice Gregory insightfully expounds on the modern race to keep pace with the...

Pastor Rob Bell has my attention. From what I’ve gathered of the various bits of...

There’s been a lot of upheaval in Fidalgo Land since my violent encounter in October of last...

How many readers does it take to make a blog worthwhile? What constitutes a sufficient...

Booksquare's Kassia Krozser is on to something. In a larger post on the necessity of physical...

On last week’s Thinking Unenslaved podcast, we considered raising for discussion the topic of religion in the...

Last month, John Kerry gave an excellent speech to the Center for American Progress which almost word...

Yesterday was kind of an important day for me. As many of you know, I...

Mitt Romney is waving his proverbial arms about this week, getting as much attention for...

The wife and I are struggling with chicken. We’ve always known Chik-fil-a to be a...

I like to cultivate a good depression. Well, I suppose “like” is a poor choice...

Apart from some interesting bits about the challenges presented by, and the romanticism associated with,...

The wife and I are in something of an existential pickle. Here we are, resettling...

I am flattered that over 850 people have considered me a “friend” on Facebook. The thing...

Jonathan Chait dissects the breach in Republican resistance to gay rights in the wake of the coming...

I was inspired to begin blogging on atheism in American politics when Kay Hagan, running...

The edition that I own of William Shirer’s The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich advertises...

On the evening of October 26, I was returning home from my second day of...

Stan Bush serenades the Transformers.Now I am an unabashed fan of this absurd movie; as a...

In DC, I earned a master’s degree in political management, interned for a major network’s...