Granted, Irving the Snowchicken is no ordinary bird. A magical talking rooster that was cast as the central figure of a made-up holiday known as Winter Wonderday, Irving single-handedly (wingedly?) solved a problem known to fellow interfaith families as "the December dilemma." This past Tuesday, while others celebrated that other...

It's just a data point, but as stats go, this one's a doozy: "51% of women are now living without a spouse." So sayeth the headline of a piece in Monday's New York Times now prompting much hand-wringing over the changing makeup of the American family.

This increase in unmarrieds...

The ongoing success of the CGI movie Happy Feet proves at least three things: 1) that director George Miller has finally atoned for following the miraculous Babe with its druggy disgrace of a sequel, 2) that mash-up pop is now officially not even remotely cool, 3) that penguins have joined...

When I wrote a book about adults who cultivate childlike tastes or mindsets -- from candy connoisseurs and comic book obsessives to thrirtysomething skate rats and twentysomethings who happily live at home -- I never thought I'd be drafted into the culture war. Rejuvenile is about people of all ideological...

a) The brand name for a facial moisturizer filled with the extract of the kwao krua flower that "works on a hormonal level to enforce native feminine power"?

b) a pro cricket team in India

c) a surgical procedure advertised by Thai sex change doctors

d) a briefly considered, ultimately...