Denial, an audio play I wrote a some years back, was a fictionalized documentary whose main character, Ari Fleischman, was based partly on real Holocaust
Ann Friedman, who’s spent more time thinking about this than I have, came out with a handy Disapproval Matrix today. I can’t say if she’s found
The first, most honest, and initially least helpful answer I can toss your way is “Damned if I know.” It’s one of those questions where
A couple of guys detonate homemade bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. A fertilizer plant in Texas blows up. An Elvis Impersonator
Dreadful events in Boston today. It’s always hard to know exactly what to say when a person or group of people decide to express themselves
One of the things I love most about science is the way that new information makes pig’s breakfasts of old ideas. Example: new information about
I’ve never had this problem personally. (I’m a fiction writer and educator, so money is allergic to me.) But it is possible that some of
From Anil Dash. I’ll just give you step one: Be raised with access to clean drinking water and sanitation. (Every tech billionaire I’ve ever spoken
Today would have been my Dad’s 93rd birthday. Venice took this brief film on my Dad’s 90th birthday, and I thought I’d throw it up
Ah, Gore Vidal, you got a little weird at the end, but when you were on, you were magic: In the Sistine Chapel, Gore Vidal