Years ago when I was in college, I took a class where I learned about sickle cell anemia and sickle cell trait, as well as thalassemia major and minor. They seemed awesome examples of the way heredity works: inherited defects … Continue reading →
If Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni had a love child, what would she look like? Think that’s an idle question? Meet Chiari Mastroianni: Profession? Actress, of course. Who knew those two had a daughter? Here’s what she has to say … Continue reading →
I’m not sure when it happened, but I fear there’s been an insidious change in attitude towards Obama. It occurs to me that the right may have gone through the clichéd five stages of grief—denial, anger, bargaining, depression—and reached cynical … Continue reading →
Commenter “Lizzy” writes: I’m thinking it’s no coincidence that women have recently expanded their definition of sexual assault and out-of-bounds male behavior to include things like morning after regret, the unwelcome male gaze, and “slut-shaming.” So women still expect expressions … Continue reading →
…because I know how it’s possible to fall flat on your face while exercising. I did it, and here’s the tale of how it happened. Two and a half years later you wouldn’t know it from looking at me, although … Continue reading →
This just may be the most depressing non-political news I’ve had so far in 2015: just how easy it is to reach a grand total of 2000 calories at most restaurants. An example: Considering that I gain weight if I … Continue reading →
[BUMPED UP] Now, how did that happen? The last year I remember noticing as a big transition was the year 2000. We had entered science fiction territory, and 2001 was similar because of the Stanley Kubrick film. But after that … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →John Hinderaker of Powerline expertly takes Adam Gopnik to task for Gopnik’s relentless and shameless sophistry in this New Yorker article on gun control, describing point by point how Gopnik goes wrong. Unfortunately, though, neither Gopnik nor the vast majority … Continue reading →
I had heard the term “booty call” before but wasn’t quite sure what it was. Nor had I spent a particle of time finding out. But now I know, at least according to this article’s definition: They’re casual, brief, sexual … Continue reading →
Here it comes again, folks, New Years Eve. The night it’s obligatory to have a rollicking good time. Why, I’m not so sure. Perhaps because the passage of the years can be depressing, especially after the age of forty or … Continue reading →
My latest piece is up at PJ: “Revisiting Tawana Brawley and Al Sharpton.” Plus é§a change, plus c’est la méªme chose. And Al Sharpton has never been riding higher than he is now, having been given the White House’s cachet … Continue reading →