William Makepeace Thackeray

Video Books, or Vooks: Do We Need to Watch Books as Well as Read Them?

David Finkle | Posted 10.14.2009 | Books


David Finkle

It would be a sin -- practically a capital crime -- to write off masterpieces because no one has the patience for the sentences Marcel Proust had the patience to craft so scrupulously.

Nothin' From Nothin' Leaves Nothin': Levi Johnston at 19

Giles Slade | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


Giles Slade

Levi's article is pretty dull crud. If my 19 year old had written it, I'd imagine I'd failed him somewhere. But I'd also be very unhappy if he impregnated and then deserted a young woman.