Culture

Authority "Ochlocrats who never tire of accusing conservatives and Catholics of superstition, illogical traditionalism, and 'unscientific' procedure make an act of faith in the inner illumination of the individual and the infallibility of numerical majorities." I'm a firm believer that every man has an

Queer Winds Blowing Ahead The spring blitz continued over the weekend. We got a call at 9:00 Friday night, telling us that our son needed to be at a ball diamond sixty minutes away by 7:00 a.m. the next morning. Yuck. I spent all morning Saturday at

Happy Up Americans are rich, make no doubt about it. But we're not happy. "Joyless lottery winners" is how a writer for The New Yorker says about us in this nifty piece about recent eudemonistic research [http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/03/22/

Comical Queeridity Archie Comics is going gay! The gay's name is "Kevin." But they're not trying to normalize homosexuality or anything like that, not at all: "The strapping blond will defeat Jughead in a burger eating contest, win the affection of Veronica and

The Urban Woodsman Alright, I have a little secret: I enjoy the fashion pages of New York magazine, as well as the fashion issues of Forbes magazine. I never spend more than five minutes on either, mind you, but those five minutes are normally pretty satisfying. I, for instance, often

The Element of Class I remember my Dad telling me that time preference is the best measure of class. Class isn't based on race, nationality, religion, or money. The single-best determining factor of class is the ability to forego short-term pleasure for the sake of long-term gain. He

Talk is Not Cheap Ludwig van Beethoven once explained to Johann Goethe that the artist is a great man deserves reverence. To illustrate his point, and to Goethe's flabbergasted astonishment, Beethoven crossed his arms and rudely walked through a group of gathered nobility. Beethoven's impolite walk