Every goddamn day: 09/16/26

     Hey Diddy! Rabbi Neil here. I know you’re in the studio, laying down your next megahit. A thought: People are soooo tired of hearing so...

       Here's a conundrum: I love playing games, but hate learning how to play new ones. Why is that? Set in my ways maybe. Affection fo...

     Three ordinary people, connected by two moments almost 30 years apart, one terrifying, one sweet. Plus a yellowed 2015 news clipping. A...

Not a closet at the OI, but "Untitled," by Jannis Kounellis, at the Hirshhorn.         I talked to the interim curator of OI—as th...

Balthazar.       Maybe I’m just nearing my snug harbor and rationalizing a lifetime of obscurity. But despite being inclined to view fame fa...

        Saturday was a rare gorgeous, summery day toward the end of October. We headed to Evanston to take our out-of-town guests to Blind F...

"Freedom of Speech" by Norman Rockwell.      Myself, I have no trouble sleeping. It's staying awake that's the challenge. ...