People have (a) lost the ability to consider others’ points of view, and/or (b) never had it to begin with. It’s Richard Feynman’s image of ceremony: dental hygiene is an unceasing phenomenon that takes place on the edge of the rotating earth where suddenly the population assembles, as if in front of some invisible…

Seems to me you’re intelligent enough to have already shaped your response. Your essential empathy with your father outwits informal poli-sci and will, indeed, engage it. His perspective will allow you to appreciate the aspects of Trump that are so difficult for less sophisticated leftists to consider — his…

I think you’re absolutely right, and I wish the point were made more often. I was struck by the raw numbers disclosed with reports of Trump’s campaign against Hillary: a couple of rooms in Moscow, standing in for the universe.

Just wanted to highlight your reply in the hopes that some can see the logic.

You are telling me that I both do and do not deserve my property. That’s fine! You have every right to contradiction, just as you have every right to my clothing that you’re wearing and my house that you’re living in, right now.

But you don’t h…

To say he’s anything less than a phenomenal musician is absurd.

The friend I have that knows more about hiphop than anyone I know doesn’t consider him a rapper nor his genre hiphop.

Ah, yes. Hempel’s veganism: observing quasi-mainstream fashion sensibilities will increase the likelihood of hearing only post-chillout in all vegan restaurants.

I’m not very interested in movies. I keep telling people that, and they don’t believe me. I genuinely am not very interested! For me, it’s only interesting to do. You know, I’m not interested in other filmmakers — and that’s a terribly arrogant thing to say — or in the medium. It’s the least interesting art medium for…

I’m not really into classical ballet

Something’s not right. Hedwig and the Angry Inch is definitely 95 minutes, no intermission.

I don’t think it’s a “stupid hypothetical” at all. I agree. Star Wars is great because of its characters, who are close-knit and sometimes kin.

Why would I want to see a Rian Johnson “Star Wars trilogy” with entirely new characters in entirely new settings if Johnson isn’t a director who can tell a story or direct a…

He’s saying health care is too expensive right now. Which it is. It’s a model of bureaucratic capitalism, as is academia. You don’t need all those pretend jobs people have.

I have cancer. I worked for a boutique hedge fund and for Goldman.
Cancer’s bankrupted me. I’ve been homeless twice — looks like I will be again on…

No no, silly. The pic is before implant. And before you get all judgemental, let me tell you that I actually know the guy (his name is Charlie Brown), and he never had a ton of good luck with the ladies. (In fact, back in the day he apparently had an early reality show based around that whole concept, and it was…

What a great article, Maiysha. Appears as if worries about the breakup were for nought: the show was Carlye’s Plastic Ono Band (so I guess we can expect an Ochs-designed Band on the Run at some point?).

For me, a test of the true designer is collaboration. Kate Young is not the type of personality I’m naturally drawn…

It’s the worst movie I’ve ever seen in my life. I’m a free speech absolutist. It’s a double whammy. I’m gonna go Tolentino on his ass: you know that sickly acidity that bubbles up in the back of the throat when you’re watching a truly wretched apologia for indefensible tenets (i.e. Youtube “documentaries” on the…

I wish I could somehow just read what Vonnegut designated for output, instead of having to constantly put up with his stupid, pissy moodswings. I mean yeah, I’m sorry his family was ruined by the Big Depression or whatever, and I’m sorry his mom killed himself and his sister died of cancer after a train smashed her…

Watch it! She’s only hemisicilian. Her better half is abruzzese, which places her in stalwart musical lineage: Madonna, Perry Como, Dean Martin, Henry Mancini, and Mario Lanza.

Other notables include abstract expressionist Robert De Niro Sr (father of the great actor), Gary Marshall (?!), Bradliani Cooperino (maternamen…

A fascinating book — you’re the first person I’ve encountered who’s also read it.

The issue this article raises is my problem with The Last Jedi: Rose tells a black man (after almost killing him and herself to prevent his repeating the noble sacrifice of her own sister) it’s “not fighting what we hate, but saving what…

Not sure if you caught the Dreyfus affair ref

Take care of your vocal chords

A cord is a thin, long, twisted fiber, like a tendon or nerve. The vocal cords are a pair of thin, vibratory membranes that laterally span the larynx. A musical chord is technically any two frequencies that share an ictus (timepoint as designated within the metrical grid of a…

Before and after Donald Trump was elected, Bannon spoke openly about wanting to be an agent of chaos, and considered the success Trump’s campaign enjoyed when Bannon and his push to rile the white supremacists took over, in that, he’s succeeded.

Can someone translate?