Godin to authors: You have no right to make money any more
The rise of the amateur, powered by the democratization of distribution provided by the Web and social media, is something that is disrupting virtually every form of content that can be converted into bits.
Women increasingly single, man increasingly sad
Even when men are desirable to […]

The Exegete
on the career of Philip K. Dick,up to and including The Exegesis.
Making Sure That “No” means “No,” not “Yes” or “Maybe”
I submit that the statement that clarification of “no” is a buzzkill is a tactic to get around ethical sexual consent so those interested parties can have their preferred forms of sexual high, which […]

This is my home’: A story that will have you grinning from ear to ear 
Here’s a delightful story about an elderly gentleman named Anthony Pisano, his whimsical knickknacks and collectibles, and his beloved cat.
Tara Browne (”He blew his mind out in a car”) - 1960’s Peacock Style icon
Tara Browne had become something of […]

Finding Solitude in a House Share
Can living styles be fluid, like our modern paradigm of multiple careers?
Has Obama Exposed the Powerlessness of the US Bishops?
With Catholic leaders and churchgoers turning their backs on the
bishops, the men who rule the church are watching their political
power wane.
Whitney Houston’s Death is Probably Not What You Think It Is
I […]

Here’s my picks
Rasputin Was My Neighbor’ And Other True Tales Of Time Travel
There are people who live long enough to create a link — a
one-generation link — to figures from what feels like a distant past,
and their presence among us shrinks history.
The White Underclass
Liberals sometimes feel that it is narrow-minded to favor traditional
marriage. Over time, […]

Rick Santorum and the New Feminism(!)
Thanks Richard Metzger
You’d think that as the parent of a child with a rare genetic disorder, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum would have deep empathy for a fellow parent of a child with a rare genetic disorder—or if he was a true Christian as he […]

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“The higher education bubble, as some say, is “boom and bust theory” applied to college and graduate school. Tuition has risen over 400% since the 80s and the trend doesn’t look like it’s getting any better — in fact, in that same time span, college […]

RAW Week: “Some of this stuff might be bullshit,” by Peter Bebergal
Agnosticism, even more than atheism or theism, is, for Robert Anton Wilson, the authentic ethical position
RAW Week: 23 Skidoo + 5 — Robert Anton Wilson Again, By Loren ColemanToday, with Facebook and more it all seems overwhelming. We need  Robert Anton Wilson to […]