Resolution update: January 2011
As a means of holding myself accountable, I post the monthly results of my New Year’s resolutions here. 1. Lose 23 pounds, bringing me down to my high school track…
Top Gun and Homer Simpson? What’s next?
I have a hard time fearing the economic power of China after learning that China Central Television ripped off explosions from Top Gun in order to show off a Chinese…
Just because women choose not to contribute to the assemblage of all human knowledge does not make the medium any less egalitarian
The Daily Beats asks: How egalitarian is this? According to a recently published study, only about 13 percent of those who edit or write articles for Wikipedia are women—the average…
Inexplicable and clearly disturbed palate runs in the family
My daughter refused to eat macaroni and cheese and hotdogs tonight. For a moment, I thought that she might be the only child in the history of the world to…
