Playing it Straight as Parody
I recently saw the hilarious electronica-musical “A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant.” The cast, all children age 8-12, belted out… Read More »Playing it Straight as Parody
December 2006
Scholars, Friends and Otherwise
George Pierson once wrote of Yale that it “is at once a tradition, a company of scholars, a society of… Read More »Scholars, Friends and Otherwise
Cheap Pickles and What They Will Do
What do prices mean? Over at Conglomerate, and not in so many words, Gordon Smith ridicules the argument that Wal-Mart… Read More »Cheap Pickles and What They Will Do
The (Group) Think Method
Collectivism is in the air. The power of the many implies the power of the one, so TIME magazine anointed… Read More »The (Group) Think Method
From Animal Rights to Machine Rights?
Well, I’ve been away a long time–many apologies. I had no idea things would get so busy this year. Let’s… Read More »From Animal Rights to Machine Rights?