Just Not Said

One of my favorite movies has always been Heaven Can Wait, starring Warren Beatty, which came out in 1978. (What self-respecting reviewer wo...

Another guest editorial on the Swimming World website, about the recent world championships in Rome: http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/la...

The following account appeared on Yahoo (via the AP) an hour or so ago: Police: SC man charged with having sex with horse by Jeffrey Collins...

This is probably the last in the series of essays from five years ago which I'll post (a number of you have complained about the length ...

I just read that Officer Crowley recorded the entire Gates arrest/incident on an open mike. If that is true, I certainly hope that the recor...

President Barack Obama has now invited both Professor Henry Gates and Sergeant James Crowley of the Cambridge Police Department to the White...

Whenever I see people working out at the gym with a personal trainer, I always have the same reaction: how self-indulgent. It's one thin...

Another in the series of essays from five years ago. These were fun to write since it's fun to ponder exactly what it means to be smart,...

(Photos courtesy of Fred Gaston) I know this is supposed to be a blog with general social and political commentary, and not a diary, but sin...

Congressman and doctor John Fleming had an excellent editorial in the NY Post this morning titled "Give Pols the Same Care They Force o...

This is another in the series of essays from five years ago. Looking at it now, Brian sounds a little too good to be true. But every one w...