It is not necessarily a value judgment, then, to say that narrative is, very simply, what Mad Men is about.
March 25th, 2012
Crazy people generally don’t know they’re crazy and Dick’s abiding awareness of the dubious nature of his visions makes him at worst a pathetic figure
February 24th, 2012
Los Angeles was different. No tear gas here: our elected representatives wanted us to be comfortable.
December 13th, 2011
Education is as close to a secular religion as we have in the United States.
November 15th, 2011
Today, the mesmeric hold that Rupert Murdoch came to exercise over British public life has been broken.
August 8th, 2011
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