Germaine Greer, author of the 1970 “feminist” classic, “The Female Eunuch,” on whether men are the funnier sex: “The greater visibility of male comedians reflects a greater investment of intellectual energy by men of all walks of life in keeping each other amused. It is now a truism that men never talk to each other [...]
Archive for March 8th, 2009
Man, She’s Funny! or: Are Men Funnier Than Women?
Posted in Humor, Popular Culture, Sex & Gender on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
George W. Obama? or: Is Obama More Bush than FDR?
Posted in American History, Bush, Congress, Economy, International Affairs, Middle East, Obama, Politics on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From an opinion piece by Jackson Diehl, deputy editor of The Washington Post‘s editorial page, suggesting that Obama may be more comparable to George W. Bush than Franklin Roosevelt: “So Obama hasn’t strayed far from Karl Rove’s playbook for routing the opposition. But surely, you say, he’s planning nothing as divisive or as risky as [...]
Lost Mark Twain Story, Essay Collection to be Published
Posted in Books, Writers & Writing, Magazines & Newspapers, Literature on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Almost 99 years after his death on April 21, 1910, Mark Twain will publish a new short story next week in the pages of the quarterly mystery magazine the Strand. “Discovered in Twain’s archive — reportedly the largest collection of personal papers left behind by a 19th century American author — the never-before-published ‘The Undertaker’s [...]
