Typical documentaries, such as Waiting for "Superman" and Freakonomics, are made by people who know more about lenses and lighting than about their subjects. In contrast, ...
America's midterm elections are on Tuesday, but they"ve already voted for their favorite news network, and it sure as hell ain"t the Microsoft/National Broadcasting ...
As I may have mentioned, I have a friend who sends me links to New York Times pieces she thinks I might find interesting. Those occasional snippets aside, I don’t read the ...
You know what gets me hot under my Brooks Brothers collar? It's the goofballs who go off the rails into fantasy-land when it comes to formal wear. What do you suppose it means ...
The new documentary Freakonomics harkens back to the good old days of 2005. Remember when economists, having permanently perfected the economy, graciously allowed their attention ...
Dear Delphi, I am a 65-year-old man. I just got my 2nd divorce. I was wondering: Do I have any chance of getting another girl on a budget (I spent quite a bit on Wife Number ...
I"ll never forget a painting I saw at a West Berlin youth hostel in 1985. The background depicted bombed-out ruins, presumably Dresden after the Allied firestorm. In the ...
The recent study that showed atheists know more about religion than believers says tomes about the whole debate. Christians aren"t in it for the details. They"re in it for ...
I don"t care that Mel Gibson lost it a little. He is still one of the best actors in a generation - And I would rather have dinner with him than Sean Penn any day. If ...
The perverse coupling of surveillance and exhibitionism forms a cornerstone of American technocracy. Most Americans, be they liberals or libertarians, are unnerved by government ...
"I wouldn"t like to go to prison," said Gimlet. "The idea is a very unpleasant one." I had to agree with him. "The conditions are bleak and dispiriting, ...
I hadn’t heard of John Edgar Wideman before reading his October 6 op-ed in The New York Times. Googling around, I see that he is the author of many books, both fiction (12 ...
Dear Delphi, I detest my brother-in-law. He is close to 40, unemployed, lazy, and arrogant. I don"t know why my sweet little sister married him. Luckily we do not live in the ...
Captain Black from Catch-22 is back, but this time he's Israel's Foreign Affairs Minister. Although Avigdor Lieberman only rose to the rank of corporal in the Israeli Defense ...
Baseball statistician Bill James's most sobering discovery is that players peak at such a young age (27 on average) that by the time they become nationally beloved stars, their ...
For about an hour I watched the Columbus Day Parade from the rise of Lenox Hill at 71st Street, just north of the Frick mansion on Fifth Avenue's shady side. The first element ...
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