by Adam | Tuesday 28 December 2010
Those who were *ahem* critical of Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore as being a messageless medium might be thrilled to read this article in the NY Times about the success of Stewart and The Daily Show to bring the 9/11...
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by Adam | Friday 24 December 2010
To Dorothy | by Marvin Bell You are not beautiful, exactly. You are beautiful, inexactly. You let a weed grow by the mulberry and a mulberry grow by the house. So close, in the personal quiet of a windy night,...
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by Adam | Monday 20 December 2010
The Sad (capital S) career tumble of the injury-prone monolith Yao Ming (who may never play pro-basketball again) is something no one in Houston wants to talk about (and perhaps, something no one in his native China is allowed to...
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by Adam | Wednesday 15 December 2010
While I'm at it with the New York Times Book Review, check out this elegant portrait of Saul Bellow in Wieseltier's review of Bellow's recently reviewed book of letters. One marvels for many reasons at the man who wrote these...
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by Adam | Saturday 11 December 2010
Mark Greif over at n+1 wrote this essay in the Times Book Review a few weeks ago. As one against whom the hipster charge has been oft-leveled, I found it interesting. Accordingly, I've been carrying this article around with me...
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by Adam | Tuesday 7 December 2010
This is the end of Jewish continuity. From the JTA: A new Jewish online dating site allows parents to search for their children's bashert. The site, which was launched Tuesday, allows parents to browse for potential matches for their sons...
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by Adam | Friday 3 December 2010
I was fortunate enough to witness last week's Texans/Titans game in person and wrote this little piece about the non-suspension of Houston Texans receiver Andre Johnson following his beat down of Titans provocateur Cortland Finnegan. When helmets come off and...
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