
“The distinction between complex thinking / right-answer thinking increasingly defines the difference between elite educational opportunity and education of the rest.”"If the SAT Were a Key to All Mythology" by Monica Cohen




On the debate over Stephen King's literary relevance
July 22nd, 2012
All King's novels, even the stinkers, have resonance.
July 17th, 2012
"The problem with Krazy Kat is the same as its genius: It cannot be consumed quickly or easily."
May 16th, 2012
On two new books about the culture of marijuana.
April 2nd, 2012
Patricia Patterson is an accretive artist, invariably extending, but rarely leaving much behind.
June 16th, 2011
"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.... More


"Mere flim-flam stories, and nothing but shams and lies." — Miguel de Cervantes... More

"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More

"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn... More

"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen... More