To set up as an arbiter of good taste is in the worst taste possible.
Nov 272020
Nov 262020
“Change my mind.” Good Lord, why?
Nov 252020
Overrated: thinking before you speak
Underrated: thinking after you speak
Nov 242020
The 20th century, among its various disgraces, managed to give both “science” and “rationality” a bad name.
Nov 232020
If a common tactic never works, it’s not supposed to.
Nov 202020
Every new law represents a new opportunity to report our neighbors anonymously to the authorities.
Nov 192020
The paean to independence of mind is the infallible sign of the crackpot.
Nov 182020
Sex was a lot better in the movies when they weren’t allowed to show it.
Nov 172020
We try to convince ourselves that villains are unhappy: it should be enough to know that they are bad.
Nov 162020
There may be no stupid questions, but my God, the answers!