Full disclosure: I started reading The Week, a weekly recap of news and opinion, after I contributed a short piece last year and they signed me up for a complimentary subscription. I quickly became addicted. My wife and I subscribe to four newspapers, but I still find the concise collection
When two literary giants fall in one week, would-be writers may be concerned that their own publishing fortunes may be in danger. Though they may have lots to hide, they'll have little to fear with these ever-popular products and services at their disposal.
New York's currently: now absolutely sure the next person in line is always the last person in line Alito confirmation hearings are off to a roaring start, with great political bombast and little public concern. In Turkey, five more test positive for bird flu; and everyone's
As more of his contemporaries have become practiced in making international wuxia blockbusters such as Hero, the uniqueness of Wong Kar Wai’s poetic and enigmatic Ashes of Time, released in the mid-’90s, becomes clearer. Artful without heightened, action-filled pageantry, Ashes is a non-linear meditation on memory
New York's currently: feeling weird with somebody else's words in its mouth U.S. copter crash in Iraq kills 12. Growing rapidly, diabetes claims 800,000 New Yorkers, now considered an epidemic. Cheney retaining fluids. Turkey considers smoking ban in a country where smokers include 60
Are you ruining your child’s chances at future employment by blogging about his poop? By becoming a father yourself, do you finally understand your own dad? A look at the challenges of contemporary paternity.
New York's currently: ready to push the radiator out the window 130 Iraqis killed in suicide attacks on Thursday; Shiites want retribution, blame the U.S. Pat Robertson doesn't get shy about suggesting God had a hand in Sharon's stroke. If Sharon dies, who
Since I moved to New York five years ago, I have had only one request when visitors ask if I want them to bring me anything from Chicago: Stewart’s Coffee. It’s heaven in a can for a mere four dollars. If you’re in Chicago, it’s in
New York's currently: preparing to leave the city for the woods to earn a plaque Eighty killed today by suicide bombers in Iraq, the deadliest day since March, 2004; 50 killed yesterday. Sharon underwent emergency brain surgery after an extensive stroke Wednesday night; current condition stable but heavily
“A writer is a gunner, sometimes waiting in the blind for something to come in, sometimes roaming the countryside hoping to scare something up.” Strunk and White’s Elements of Style is back, now published for the first time with artistic style as well, featuring dozens of Maira Kalman’s
