Just No
From Charleston, South Carolina, once slavery central, comes the world’s worst Christmas ornament: Song of the Day: Watkins,...
The Thin Man Goes to the Head
I’ve just been reading Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man again and discovered something odd in it. Well, two...
Once in Love With Mary
In delighted receipt today of the complete box set of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, recently released a mere...
Buddhist Paints Taj Mahal in Acrylics
This just in: My latest book, Another Fine Mess: Life on Tomorrow’s Moon, is featured in ezvid’s “Thoughtful...
Roxies Hart
Prompted by the Fosse/Verdon eight-parter, I’ve been following Chicago in its many manifestations backward into the past. Among...
Stuff for School
Here’s an easy way to do a lot of good: donating school supplies to teachers in need around...
Anchovies and Sheep
For reasons that need not detain us I recently bought a South African cookbook published in 1891. Old...
Order More Sackcloth
The touch of malicious joy I expected to feel about this news story didn’t materialize because the whole...
Blackface, Age 6
Like all old saws, the old saw that the past is another country isn’t always true as the...
Poetry in Motion
A new book about the ad business, The Adman’s Dilemma, brings to light a cool attempt to monetize...
Titanic Under Alles
I’m fresh from seeing a very strange movie called Titanic. It is indeed another film about the sinking, the...