Three days, three figures from my childhood…gone. RIP Dick Clark, Levon Helm, and Jonathan Frid. Time’s wingèd chariot, indeed. A + more
Three days, three figures from my childhood…gone. RIP Dick Clark, Levon Helm, and Jonathan Frid. Time’s wingèd chariot, indeed. A + more
Someone turns 35 today.
For my money, the finest biographer alive is Robert Caro. Esquire‘s Chris Jones takes a look at the guy who’s + more
http://vimeo.com/37796909 Can’t…stop…watching…
All 54 of William Safire’s “Fumblerules of Grammar”—humorous, self-contradictory rules for writing—are over at Lists of Note. While you’re there, + more
Here’s a little time-waster that’ll make you feel superior: the Bad Opinion Generator. My favorite so far comes from William + more
Tired of the rain last week, the missus and I took leave of our fair city to see what other + more
I was saddened to learn over the weekend of the passing of Stanley Ross. Stan was at the helm of + more
Today would have been Michael Brecker‘s 63rd birthday. A tenor saxophonist whose résumé includes stints with Frank Zappa, Sly and + more
What might prove to be the remains of a group of 15th-century Franciscan monks has been found just six inches + more
From Good Report comes this story of the first dual living organ donor who’s walking across America to inspire others + more
Friday, March 16, near High Drive and 31st. If I’d been thinking—instead of distracted by the pretty sunset—I would have + more
Charles Murray’s latest book, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010, has been getting a lot of attention of + more
File this story under “Duh.” The European Chess Union, in what surely is a calculated response to this stunning turn + more
It’s somehow fitting that today, Pi Day (3.14—get it?), we write our 400th blog post. Why? Because 400 is both + more