On the Expectation of Bad News
Our fears are being stoked, although it's an activity that just about everyone seems to be playing.

The Worst Product in All Creation
Want to make a principled stand about bottled water? If you buy it, reycle; if you don't, shut up and turn on the tap.

The End of Oil Things
The end of cheap oil means more than paying extra at the pump, but nobody seems to want to grasp that.

Athens vs. Jerusalem, Part I
Jerusalem gives us no science, no democracy, no philosophers of any kind, but we supposed to consider it sublime and holy.

A Life in Catalogues
The new escapist literature: cookware magazines!

An Inconvenient Color
Is there any room in the two Americas of white and black for us brown guys?

Our Lives, Now
Our lives are the innumerable grains of sand on the beach that matter not.

Countdown to a Backstabbing
Prediction: Hillary Clinton will be betrayed by members of her own party.

His Dark Materials
When exactly did the nomination contest turn into a cult of personality?

Real Men Pray Naked
Suffice to say, the experience made me feel...different.