Battle Dad
Welcome to Culture Club, a weekly feature where David and I discuss what we’ve been reading, watching, or—in this case—playing, for paying subscribers. Enjoy...
Notable Sandwich #61: Dyrlægens Natmad
Welcome to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where Talia and I trip merrily through the ever-evolving document that is Wikipedia’s List of Notable Sandwiches...
Strike! Strike! Writer's Strike!
The Writer’s Guild of America is on strike. Author’s note: Hello ladies, gents and gentlethems! After the past week’s much-needed breather I am back on the...
Stray thoughts/hiatus
Hi all, Just a notice to say we’re off til next Tuesday, at which point we’ll surge back, cresting a wave of no doubt brilliant newsletters emerging from my...
Brain Storms: The Best Books on Madness
Edinburgh, 1920 “In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself in a dark wood, For I had lost the right path.”— Dante From time immemorial, man’s...
Notable Sandwiches #60: Doughnut
Welcome to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the ever-evolving document that is Wikipedia’s...
The Vanishing Act
Author’s note: Please excuse the great length, late arrival, and wooly wandering of this column; I have given David some extremely well-deserved days off,...
Notes on Rock Books
Welcome to Culture Club, a series where Talia and I share what we’ve been reading, playing, artistically admiring, watching, and listening to. This is a...
Notable Sandwiches Special: Now They Spin
Welcome to Notable Sandwiches, where Talia and I trip merrily through the bizarre document that is Wikipedia’s List of Notable Sandwiches in alphabetical...
The Collectors
Harlan Crow’s library Harlan Crow, as much of America has recently discovered, is a Dallas developer with a comic-book villain name and a suspiciously cozy...
Culture Club: Tears of a Funny Girl
Welcome to Culture Club, a feature where my editor David Swanson and I talk about what we’ve been reading, playing, artistically admiring, and—this...
Notable Sandwiches #59: Doubles
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, where Talia and I trip merrily through the bizarre document that is Wikipedia’s List of Notable...
Happy Trump Indictment Day!
Why is today different from other days? Donald Trump is off to lower Manhattan for crimes, Wisconsin and Chicago voters are off to the ballot box for...
The Gangster as Tragic Hero
Welcome to Culture Club, a feature where my editor David Swanson and I talk about what we’ve been reading, playing, artistically admiring, and—this...
The Gangster as Tragic Hero
Welcome to Culture Club, a feature where my editor David Swanson and I talk about what we’ve been reading, playing, artistically admiring, and—this...
Stormy With a Chance
As a nation, we owe a lot to Stormy Daniels. I personally owe her more than most. Five years ago, the erstwhile porn star, progressive hero, and Donald Trump...
Stormy With a Chance
As a nation, we owe a lot to Stormy Daniels. I personally owe her more than most. Five years ago, the erstwhile porn star, progressive hero, and Donald Trump...
On the Rights of the Child, Part I
Author’s note: this is the first installment of a series on right-wing attitudes in the U.S. towards the notion of children’s rights. Part two will follow in...
On the Rights of the Child, Part I
Author’s note: this is the first installment of a series on right-wing attitudes in the U.S. towards the notion of children’s rights. Part two will follow in...
Culture Club: On Tetris
Welcome to Culture Club, a feature where my editor David Swanson and I talk about what we’ve been reading, watching, artistically admiring, and—this...