Every goddamn day: 07/16/25

     Really? It's been seven years since I offered up a new installment of "Books on the Nightstand"? Negligent of me — or of ...

  Unarmed, 2016, by Nick Cave (Museum of Contemporary Art)       Blog posts and newspaper columns are a different species of beast. The blog...

       People are so stupid. You don't need me to tell you that. Particularly with the election bearing down on us. The news is one endl...

    Protester, Republican National Convention, July, 2016      Readers sometimes write with interesting questions. This, from Alexander B. w...

     When our house was built, around 1905, it was surrounded by an apple orchard that continued to the north and west. At some point the pr...

     It's been a while since I thought a New Yorker cartoon was funny.      In fact, I can't remember when that last happened.      ...

Matt Chorley      Lies are durable. They are waterproof, shock resistant. They are tungsten. They persist. resisting all attempts to chip aw...