Vile Bodies
Remembrance of Yale’s PastWe love Yale sluts! “No” means “yes,” and “yes” means “anal”—that’s... |
Public Nuisances
Philip Roth: Still Offending the SquaresEven as a septuagenarian, Philip Roth can’t seem to stop offending the kind of people... |
Low Life
Never Stand in the Way of FailureCollege kids go through a strange phase where they decide it would be prudent to hang... |
Bizarro World
May 2011: The Month in Bad ParentingAs May draws to a close, we’d like to set a good example by making public examples of... |
Bizarro World
Planks, But No Planks: The Fatal Idiocy of “Planking”On the off chance that you lead a remotely fulfilling life and were busy working,... |
Tech Overload
Obama’s Eight-Ton LemonThe Beast’s arrival in Europe brought comparisons to the Hindus’ Juggernaut, the... |
Eureka!
An Impermanent Paradise Called CaliforniaIn February, fresh from the great victory at Oxford, I went to a dinner party in... |
High Life
I Liked the Older New YorkIn that wonderful old Broadway musical Guys and Dolls, gambler Sky Masterson is... |
Hollywood
Midnight in Paris: The Lost Generation RebornSatire is a reactionary art form powered by contempt for the present. Although Woody... |
Relationships
Ragging on Daddy, Plastic Surgery Faux Pas, and Sending Swindling Siblings to the SlammerDear Delphi, My parents are going through a divorce after 35 years of marriage. I... |
Lit Crit
Of Novels and Novelty ActsAccording to reviewers, Jennifer Egan’s novel A Visit From the Goon Squad is... |
Under the White Flag
Too Sensitive For Our Own GoodWhat kind of society touts free speech and then shuns dissenters who dare to speak... |
Vile Bodies
Affairs, Public and PrivateIt has been quite a month for philandering. One would be mistaken for thinking Senator... |
Bring Us the Head of Ronald McDonaldAmong the thousands of wailing grievance groups the progressive left nurtures, enables,... |