“Parks and Recreation”: TV’s most progressive show
The NBC sitcom is just as ardent in its defense of government as it is fearless in its skewering of conservatives
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 8:38 PM UTC 18Social LA Review of Books, essays, NBC
The NBC sitcom is just as ardent in its defense of government as it is fearless in its skewering of conservatives
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 8:38 PM UTC 18"NYC 1993" at the New Museum offers a sampling of the earnest, overtly political art of the early 1990s
Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 7:00 PM UTCHowever complex, Thomas Barrow is like most gay characters on TV: The odd man out
Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 5:00 PM UTCFor the beloved American fiction writer, conventional narrative kills the life inside language
Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 9:00 PM UTCThe Web today is a far cry from the utopian digital playground envisioned by its early users and pioneers
Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 45What's the big deal if we mangle a few words? It's the music that really counts
Saturday, Apr 13, 2013 8:00 PM UTC 31There were many reasons to love my dog Brando. Here are just 10 of them VIDEO
Friday, Apr 12, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 13In "With Charity for All," former NPR president Ken Stern sheds light on the dark side of NPOs
Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 9:01 PM UTCGraham Harman's "Weird Realism" examines the metaphysical underpinnings of the cult author's bizarre oeuvre
Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 8:22 PM UTC 13Like all great art, found photography invites its viewer to multiple interpretations and readings
Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 4:58 PM UTCHardcore fans of the fantasy game regularly convene to build their armies, one handmade figurine at a time
Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 7:00 PM UTCThe creator of "Calvin and Hobbes" is notoriously reclusive. Does he owe it to his fans to stay in the spotlight?
Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 5:00 PM UTC 30Rampant ageism and sexism have left women of a certain age virtually powerless in American society
Friday, Apr 5, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 43Baseball season is finally upon us, which means hope once again springs eternal
Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 4:12 PM UTCThe beloved "Doctor Who" is just the latest English series to captivate audiences on the other side of the pond
Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 8:48 PM UTC 18A new book chronicles the aftermath of the Manson family murders and the political movement they helped ignite
Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 8:02 PM UTCAuthor Christoph Ribbbat traces the evolution of one of the more charismatic elements in the periodic table
Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 6:00 PM UTCYes or no, John Jeremiah Sullivan and others prove the genre's not the exclusive domain of hopeless narcissists
Sunday, Mar 17, 2013 5:00 PM UTCYears after the Japanese tsunami, debris from the wreckage continues to wash up on the shores of British Columbia
Sunday, Mar 10, 2013 9:00 PM UTCAs a liberal feminist, I thought David Duke was pure evil. But even the Grand Wizard of the KKK has a human side
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