Sigh, natalism

I can now add to my list of minor achievements that I was telling Ross Douthat he was wrong about natalism before it was cool . I am now, it...

Son of Simon

The French version of Keds is now sold in the States at a not-unreasonable price. This was no doubt the quickest I'd ever gone from see...

Scripts

I've read through Autumn Whitefield-Madrano's series on beauty and infidelity , and was struck by one thing that just about never ...

A feast for the senses

Today, in the alleged quiet car, these two dudes behind me held forth, I mean held forth , almost the entire way from Penn Station to Prince...

That's "Nice"

Jezebel takes on the Nice Guy , a phenomenon I was reminded of recently after seeing "Anna Karenina." Levin - in the movie, and as...

Rufus comes to the woods

Rufus Wainwright, OMGOMGOMG, is coming to Princeton, NJ. Not just Princeton, but a stage within walking distance of my apartment. I wonder i...

The universal and particular in "Tiny Furniture"

Every so often, some piece of entertainment comes along that so resembles my own biography that I have trouble judging how it might be recei...