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Eric Weiner's book The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World won't give you any definitiv...

As a rule, I never watch television alone (unless it's a sporting event, because then I feel like I'm with the crowd at the event) b...

When I first started teaching, I thought I was going to be one of those teachers who rewarded kids with candy, and so I bought a bag of Hers...

I am more like Hamlet and my wife is more like Fortinbras . . . and this works out well.

 The most powerful essay in The Best American Science Writing of 2010 is called "The Orchid Children," and the author, David Dobb...

The sixth season of Weeds will grow on you, unlike the previous season, where the show nearly withered and died--  it's a return to it...

More from The Best American Science Writing of 2010 : Elizabeth Kolbert, in her essay "The Sixth Extinction?" points out that whe...

Despite writing this blog, I remain fairly isolated from what's being passed around on the internet-- and I'm sad to report that I...

On the rare occasion that we eat at my favorite Mexican restaurant-- Tortuga's Mexican Village in Princeton-- I usually order a tamale a...

I put it off for a week, because it's absurd and embarrassing and it has a stupid name and nothing feels more foolish, but in the end, ...

If you believe Hugh Everett's "many worlds interpretation" of quantum physics , then you believe there are an infinite number ...

Steven Pinker, in his essay "My Genome, My Self," explains that many of the "dystopian fears" raised by personal genome ...

I'm wading through The Best American Science Writing of 2010 and overarching theme of the collection is this: things are complicated ...

The prices at the vegetable market on Route 1 are better than the prices at Stop and Shop , but you have to be more discerning with your se...

Here are some of the Google search entries that led people to this humble little corner of the internet: emo, giant wasps, japanese emo, te...

There are certain things you shouldn't buy used-- condoms, fuzzy toilet seat covers, handkerchiefs, and enema kits-- but as for everythi...

How many plastic cups does a family of four actually need?-- and I am guessing the answer is NOT twenty-nine, which is how many we have . ....

Although it might be a bit early to invite a comparison to the greatest streak in professional sporting history-- Joe DiMaggio's magnifi...

Although I couldn't make it through Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , I loved The Saga of the Swamp Thing . . ...

 If you like your assassins hot and your hookers hotter, then The American is the film for you.