Rhyme Of The Day

We saw a farce at Prop Thtr called Hotel Aphrodite . "The Chateau Amantius is an erotic therapeutic retreat run by famed sex therapis...

Some say iambic is the normal beat,  Of English speakers - underneath it's lurking!  And making sure that each line has five feet,  I...

Man charged with a felony for menacing 2 deputies... "The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports 27-year-old Nathan Rolf Channing, of ...

I see where some cop in Cleveland killed a 12 year old black kid who was waving around a toy plastic-pellet gun . And earlier this year, a...

Tracinski advises the media on how not to screw up the next Ferguson, because they certainly misreported this one. He covers 5 main points...

Somehow it's hard to believe, but now it's officially Black Friday's Eve!

I have watched the outcomes since the sixties, and it has become clear to me: Burning down local stores because you're mad about race...

The "Grumpy Economist" remarks: "I have long been puzzled at the high correlation between behavioral economics and interven...

I got an email today saying my pint of blood, which I donated on Veteran's Day, had headed off to the hospital. What was my blood doing...

The Wall St. Journal has a feature story: Automation Makes Us Dumb It's the end of the world as we used to know it. (This post gene...

I went to yoga with my pants on backwards. I would say more, but by some chance I lack words.

I'm not sure what to think: "...about 29 percent of the population meets the definition for excessive drinking, but 90 percent of...

"Why Art Became Ugly" turned 10 years old a couple of months ago. I revisited this essay today, and was struck by how neatly the a...

I'm in favor of some kind of legalization of these illegals who came to live here peaceably. But putting that aside, I don't think u...

Really, I would have preferred warming to what has occurred.

You might think that associating yourself with an MIT economist would be a safe choice. Video unearthed by the conservative Washington Fre...

In this morning's Tribune, there's a splashy story about some "Woman of the Year" gala put on by Glamour magazine. The fir...

When you are uber, as uber as Gruber, you sometimes can make the trifling mistake of speaking too clearly and then you pay dearly. He...

Because Thursday turned into blursday.

Tonight I went to see The Night Alive, by Conor MacPherson, at the Steppenwolf . MacPherson is a contemporary Irish playwright with an Ameri...