Short Schrift

I have a soft spot for Nerve's "Dating Advice From..." column, especially when it's advice from nerds. This week it's ...

Some of these links have been cocooned in my RSS reader for over a month, waiting for their posts to spring forth, like infant alien monster...

So I'm at the Wawa to use the ATM, and on the way out a guy asks me for change. I say "no, sorry," and walk past. As I...

Best line in a movie review this year (at least for me) is from Stephanie Zacharek's review of Clint Eastwood's Gran Turino : Even ...

Man, talk about being right up the middle of this blog's plate: on translating The Wire into German . Kottke already nabbed the best exc...

This Wall Street Journal op-ed railing against high tuition costs at American universities is hilarious. Let me count the ways: The author...

I think I'm in love: the blog Milestone Documents offers a new primary document from American history every day, plus analysis. The Roo...

I find it very hard to explain my strong attachment to the band Pavement.  I'm not sure that the Slow Century documentary explains it ...

This has been a great publishing year for American fans of German modernism who can't get to Germany for a peek at their manuscript arch...

There's a new DVD edition of Buster Keaton's amazing The General . Slate's Gary Giddins likey : Kino initially released a DVD o...