One of my favorite songs, lyrically, is Lou Reed’s Magic and Loss. I think it really encapsulates the human condition. My favorite line is: “They say no one
In a recent edition of Fresh Air, David Edelstein reviewed the new Clint Eastwood movie, Changeling. I have not seen the movie, so I will not comment on
The election of Barack Obama was indeed historic, and means a lot to Americans and the World in terms equality of the races. But had Clinton been elected,
It is possible that sometimes a book comes along and changes your life. In the novel Immortality, by Milan Kundera, Agnes encounters a women in the sauna who
If you are a fan of science fiction, then you realize that we are headed towards a fully booted future. Flash Gordon wore boots. Captain Kirk wore boots.
Before I moved to Beijing, I spent three months in Shandong Province. Jinan is the most backwards village of 6 million people you can imagine. This was before
I will forgive the earlier Bond movies their sexism. The first movies were before my time and from a different era. The Pierce Brosnan entries into the franchise