The Golden Age for Writers is Now →
Why Frida Kahlo is the patron saint of Internet-enabled Narcissism →
Literature is Not Data: Against Digital Humanities →
Don't blame the movie but don't ignore it either
On Shakespeare and the Aurora Shootings.
A Nation of Scofflaws
The end of law in America.
The War on Youth
The recession didn't gut the prospects of American young people. The baby boomers took care of that.
The persistence of Mad Men
The show’s future has only gotten less clear in the fifth season, which makes it especially meaningful to us now.
Jack Layton's Legacy
The next NDP leader will be obligated to adopt Jack Layton's Toronto-born brand of socialism –childlike, sentimental and entirely effective.
That Time We Beat the Americans: The War of 1812 →
We are all heroes
On the meaning – and non-meaning – of heroes.
A short prayer for advertising
Please bring back great commercials.