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Culture Watch

Looks like some do-gooders, aided and abetted by spineless bureaucrats, have banned another book. All because a character in a + more

You’re gonna need a bigger boat…

While the continuing fascination with the “mashup” genre is a regular source of bemusement for me, I must admit that + more

Monday Miscellany

Took the missus up to Crawford State Park on Saturday, whence we descended into the 41º depths of Gardner Cave, + more

The Art of the Obituary

Here’s a gentleman I wish I had known.

The World in 60 Seconds

Move is one of three short films shot over 44 days in 11 different countries. Learn and Eat complete the + more

The Science of Slogans

The Atlantic has an interesting overview of slogans (around here we call them “taglines”) throughout history. They’ve selected some real + more

“Rose has a world-class udder…”

If you leave now, you just might make it to St-Hyacinthe, Quebec in time to see the world’s most beautiful + more

Meet Andy Rogynous

Our intrepid associate and senior designer Shirlee Roberts noticed this little guy over at the Spokane County courthouse last week. + more

Still waters run deep…

…but a babbling brook is shallow. As a card-carrying introvert, I applaud Jonathan Rauch’s article on our proper care and + more

Jimpressions!

Because it’s Friday and I have far, far too much to do than post the usual brilliant and insightful commentary, + more

Americanisms

Writing in BBC News Magazine, Matthew Engel worries that American idioms are ruining the Mother Tongue. He must’ve touched a + more

Movie Review

This will likely be the lamest movie review anyone’s ever written—or read, for that matter. But I’m giving it a + more

Business Beat

This just in: Borders is on the verge of closing all 399 of its stores. From the short article: “In + more

Brilliantly Creative or Gratuitously Offensive?

Depends on whether you have a Y chromosome, apparently. More here.

Happy Bastille Day!

We’re not exactly Francophiles here at the last word, preferring Philip Roth over Michel Houellebecq, Leszek Kolakowski over Jacques Derrida, + more

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