I am: Samuel R. "Chip" Delany Few have had such broad commercial success with aggressively experimental prose techniques. Which sc...

Amber Benson in a bra . I'm a shallow man in many ways.

Read 'em and laugh.

Captions by Chris Maynard of BAGnewsNotes , photographs by Todd Heisler. Katherine Cathey, 23, embraces the coffin of her husband James C. C...

Via Atrios : Feingold On Countdown: The fact is this commission was composed apparently entirely of people who did not have the judgment to ...

Paul Krugman's column today is another one of those that'll be good to have on hand the next time a Fox show (or watcher) tries to ...

Or, "How to interest more high school boys in science."

The self-same Shakespeare's Sister has an entry about right wing reaction to the news that Mary Cheney is pregnant. She quotes: "C...

So there's this fellow named Christopher Hitchens, who cultivates a reputation as scathing but mostly winds up as merely dubious. Most r...

Look at the sun See how it hangs So still in the sky Give me the new TV Guide And get off the phone Go on and take sides, it's not my pr...

How Scritti is your Politti? But seriously folks-believe it or not, Scritti Politti has a new album out, and my Ink 19 review of it is up ....

Ink19 Review. Here's the video for first single, "Today:" As a bonus, here's the video for his much-loved remix of Elvis...

Paddy Chayefsky was a screenwriter who is probably best known for the films Network and Marty , the latter of which he originally wrote for...

Dear Author, Thank you for sending your proposal to us. We looked at it carefeully but decided to decline this opportunity to publish it. We...

Glenn Greenwald has a lengthy-but- worth-reading (or at least skimming) post about the inability of our "leaders" and "opini...

Kate Winslet appeared on the David Letterman show recently. Those of you who know how crazy she makes me will not be surprised to read that ...

Here's my review of the first album by The Kooks at Ink19 . And here's their video for "Eddie's Gun:"

Michael Richards has found an understanding buddy in the Hollywood community, someone who understands that these things happen. That buddy?...

Fox is running an utterly ludicrious promo teaser for the upcoming season of 24 . It centers around the slogan "America Doesn't Ne...