I don"t care that Mel Gibson lost it a little. He is still one of the best actors in a generation - And I would rather have dinner with him than Sean Penn any day. If ...
The perverse coupling of surveillance and exhibitionism forms a cornerstone of American technocracy. Most Americans, be they liberals or libertarians, are unnerved by government ...
"I wouldn"t like to go to prison," said Gimlet. "The idea is a very unpleasant one." I had to agree with him. "The conditions are bleak and dispiriting, ...
I hadn’t heard of John Edgar Wideman before reading his October 6 op-ed in The New York Times. Googling around, I see that he is the author of many books, both fiction (12 ...
Dear Delphi, I detest my brother-in-law. He is close to 40, unemployed, lazy, and arrogant. I don"t know why my sweet little sister married him. Luckily we do not live in the ...
Captain Black from Catch-22 is back, but this time he's Israel's Foreign Affairs Minister. Although Avigdor Lieberman only rose to the rank of corporal in the Israeli Defense ...
Baseball statistician Bill James's most sobering discovery is that players peak at such a young age (27 on average) that by the time they become nationally beloved stars, their ...
For about an hour I watched the Columbus Day Parade from the rise of Lenox Hill at 71st Street, just north of the Frick mansion on Fifth Avenue's shady side. The first element ...
Few causes could get the heads of the BBC, Channel 4, the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Guardian and Mirror to co-sign a letter to the government. What unites these disparate ...
For the fourth day running, France has been crippled by strikes. Airlines are canceling flights. Travelers making their way to Paris from DeGaulle and Orly face long ...
UCLA recently hosted a panel to discuss youth culture, and as "one of hipsterdom's primary architects," I was asked to come along. I showed up late for the event wearing ...
"Look at the size of those women!" exclaimed Gimlet as four enormous ladies waddled past the window. "They ought to be ashamed of themselves. You would never have seen ...
Guinness heiress Ivana Lowell has released her memoir, Why Not Say What Happened? I"ll tell you why: It's a bore. A rich and privileged kid's twisted family history. The story ...
The Tyler Clementi case has been illuminating in several respects. Clementi was a Rutgers University freshman, sharing a dorm room with another 18-year-old, Dharun Ravi. Clementi ...
Dear Delphi, I am really upset. I am a 9th-grade boy and I just started boarding school this fall. I play lacrosse, I think I am cute enough, but not one girl has even looked in ...
As temperatures drop, the nights grow longer, and America careens toward another round of elections, it's hard to believe it was only two years ago that Barack Obama had cobbled ...
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