Michael Jackson
What About Michael Jackson?
In honor of the King of Pop’s 60th birthday, here’s the entire MJ chapter from […]
Why I Spent Last Year Writing a Book About Pop Music
Thought I’d kick off the new year with the introduction from A Mess of Help: […]
Another Week Ends: Trophy Rage, Thriving, Cave Churches, Flannery’s Freedom, Cheap Trick, and Facebook Love
1. We all love The Incredibles, right? It’s as good a movie as Pixar has […]
Did Michael Jackson Xscape from His Own Face?
Sooner or later anyone interested in the subject of identity is going to have to […]
Another Week Ends: Tribal Morality, Passports to Eden, Reflektor, Spufford in the Times, Social Wiring, Hemingway’s Granddaughter, Anxious Simpson …
1. Next week, Harvard psychologist Joshua Greene is slated to release a new book on behavioral […]
You’re Just Too Good To Be True?
After his election, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg famously undertook a great experiment in improving […]
October Playlist
Hold On When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It – Stars […]
Another Week Ends: Crimson Despair, Teacher Expectations, MJ’s Bad, Improvement Narratives, Neil Young, Neurospeculation, The Master, and Conf Update
1. An incredibly moving account of “Depression and Despair at Harvard” in response to the […]
Another Week Ends: Moral Dieting, Self Illusions, Craig Sager’s Suits, Superhero Saints, LIBERATE, Prometheus, Drive-In Church, and MJ’s Bad
1. We’ve given him a rest for a few months, but the break is over! […]
Another Week Ends: Zeitgeistlichkeit, Atheist Religiosity, Freakonomic Fathers, Ralph Erskine, MJ, Devo’s Paradox, Hunger Games, Deep Blue Sea, and Hoarders
1. A pair of terrific book reviews have appeared in The NY Times over the […]
Didn’t We Almost Have It All: Whitney Houston’s Life as Impasse
My wife and I were watching Saturday Night Live when NBC broke the news that […]
Hopelessly Devoted: Ecclesiastes Chapter Two Verses Twenty Through Twenty-Three
In light of all of tonight’s zombie-trolling, cheerleaders-from-the-dead, and bloody celebrities, a short word on […]
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