I'm sure this will be covered in one of the upcoming episodes of "Cosmos."

As someone who objects to rape in any form, I nonetheless think the scene played out in a way consistent with the psychology of these characters and the setting.

Jaime fought for his family, and he was captured and maimed. Far from being welcomed and comforted by his family, he is disowned by his father and mocked by…

That's because you (unlike W) were wise enough to realize that you don't rock the boat when a prospective employer has every incentive to toss you out of it.

A female friend of mine who taught computer science at a state university said that her strategy had been to take the first tenure-track job that met her…

Those two books suffer from a separation that had everything to do with binding and printing constraints, rather than artistic fulfillment. In all of the books to date, chapters from one point of view inform your understanding of chapters from another point of view, and these two are even more like that (especially…

Somewhere out there, you will find a chapter order for how AFfC and ADwD should be read if they were one book instead of two. Try again.

Ah, Littlefinger. By the time we get to the fourth season's promos, it will be obvious how important you are to the outcome of this story. Also, at least one of these characters will have died by then. (Suck on THAT, people who refuse to read the books until the series is over.)

You swear an oath to protect the Constitution and obey the lawful orders of the President and the officers in the chain of command above you. It's how any military subordinate to a democratically elected government has to work. If the civilian chain of command makes a poor choice, or the electorate can't be bothered…

Go down to your county or parish clerk of court's office and ask them what you need to do in order to place your rent in escrow until the problem is fixed. Usually, they will want to know that you have notified your landlord of the problem and given him a reasonable time to take action, which you usually prove with a…

Insofar as it's impossible to walk ten feet in this country without being assaulted by a dozen different corporate logos, I think it faithfully captures the moment.