“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
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When we all smelled like teen spirit
"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 UTCLife The Weeklings, Art, new museum
Does “Downton Abbey” perpetuate gay stereotypes?
However complex, Thomas Barrow is like most gay characters on TV: The odd man out
Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 5:00 PM UTCSocial LA Review of Books, TV
William H. Gass, post-post-everything author
For the beloved American fiction writer, conventional narrative kills the life inside language
Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 9:00 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, Fiction
When capitalism consumed the Internet
The 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 45Technology Jacobin, Internet, essays
Down with song-lyric fascists
What'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 31Life Pajiba, Music, songs, lyrics, essays
Ten amazing memories: Heartwarming stories of my dog, Brando (2000-2013)
There were many reasons to love my dog Brando. Here are just 10 of them VIDEO
Friday, Apr 12, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 13Life Video, essays, dogs, Pets
Is the small nonprofit in big trouble?
In "With Charity for All," former NPR president Ken Stern sheds light on the dark side of NPOs
Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 9:01 PM UTCSocial LA Review of Books, Books
HP Lovecraft, pulp philosopher
Graham Harman's "Weird Realism" examines the metaphysical underpinnings of the cult author's bizarre oeuvre
Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 8:22 PM UTC 13Life LA Review of Books, Books
Why do we love to look at strangers’ family photographs?
Like all great art, found photography invites its viewer to multiple interpretations and readings
Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 4:58 PM UTCLife The Weeklings, Art, Photography
The wonderful world of Warhammer workshops
Hardcore fans of the fantasy game regularly convene to build their armies, one handmade figurine at a time
Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 7:00 PM UTCLife Narratively, games, Fantasy
Searching for Bill Watterson
The 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 30Life Full Stop, bill watterson
Women over 50 are invisible
Rampant ageism and sexism have left women of a certain age virtually powerless in American society
Friday, Apr 5, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 43Life Feministing, Sexism, ageism, women
Even a Mets fan can be optimistic on Opening Day
Baseball season is finally upon us, which means hope once again springs eternal
Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 4:12 PM UTCLife The Classical, Baseball, the mets
American TV’s British invasion
The 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 18Entertainment LA Review of Books, Television
Sharon Tate: Unwitting victims’ rights martyr
A new book chronicles the aftermath of the Manson family murders and the political movement they helped ignite
Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 8:02 PM UTCLife LA Review of Books, Books, essays
“Flickering Light” illuminates the history of neon
Author Christoph Ribbbat traces the evolution of one of the more charismatic elements in the periodic table
Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 6:00 PM UTCTechnology LA Review of Books, Books, Art
Have personal essays gotten too personal?
Yes 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 UTCLife The Weeklings, essays
Things they lost in a tsunami
Years 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 UTCLife The Walrus, Canada, Japan, tsunami
I shook hands with a Klansman
As a liberal feminist, I thought David Duke was pure evil. But even the Grand Wizard of the KKK has a human side
Sunday, Mar 10, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 29Life The Weeklings, David Duke
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