Miniver Cheevy

To explain my commitment to being a proponent of feminism in the face of a number of objections, I need to offer a distinction I make bet...

I’ve been meaning for some time to write about an important form of informational hygiene one must practice when reading things on the...

In the last few days, I have noticed some puzzled people on social media circulating the story about “Oath Keepers” in Ferguson standing...

Today I tweeted Jason Segedy's manifesto The Rising Tide , which calls for Generation X to step up as we enter our middle years and r...

Yesterday I tweeted a link to a post on Bill Murray Stories. I said: Bill Murray: the only person in the world who is truly free ...

F*%&ing Nolan. Interstellar stinks. It stinks as only something created by an army of capable people can stink. It is not a no...

Stanislav, eccentric operating system designer of Loper OS, points out the obvious about Apple's unique position in the tech industr...

Some friends have asked how I'm voting in the California election on Tuesday, since there are a number of tricky ballot initiatives. ...

For now, this is a short list, but I'm putting up this post as a place to keep short reviews of surprisingly-good obscure films avail...

A friend who is a nurse just told me this little story: Medical Records of a hospital in another city We require a signed form to r...

We are the music-makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. You can get that image as a t-shirt. It seems that most people know that...

A tweet from Andy Baio informs me that the visual interface style for Yosemite has taken a interesting turn. In his tweet, Baio c...

Samuel R. Delaney reflects on a discussion of Transgressive Sexual Practice he participated in. (There's video !) W HY IT'S HA...

Chainsawsuit explains terrorism in six cartoon panels: (FYI, I also have my own explanation. )

There’s this poem you have probably seen or heard before. It is the Soldier, not the minister Who has given us freedom of religion....

Jenny Trout is conducting a Big Damn Buffy Rewatch . She has some provocative observations: Sex is the real villain of the Buffy The ...

Andrew Sullivan is a lively writer, and occasionally people pass along him saying things I agree with and saying them well. I’m not above...