The Weeklings

“Weird Al” Yankovic: It’s hard work being goofy

The musician-comedian on his childhood love for MAD Magazine, Prince and the secrets to writing a parody song

J.M. Blaine, The Weeklings Monday, Jul 1, 2013 7:00 PM UTC
Entertainment The Weeklings

DOMA isn’t dead yet

This week's rulings were a welcome first step, but marriage laws have still been left in the hands of the states

TOM GUALTIERI, The Weeklings Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 13
Media The Weeklings, Supreme Court

“Mad Men’s” only real man?

Don Draper? Sad manchild. Roger Sterling? Clownish boy. Teenage Glen may be the lone male character above reproach

Stephanie St. John, The Weeklings Monday, Jun 24, 2013 8:22 PM UTC 14
Entertainment The Weeklings, Mad Men

Turkish protesters’ war on bad architecture

An architectural critic explains why his country's fights for democracy and open urban space are the same battle

Jennifer Kabat, The Weeklings Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 5:30 PM UTC
Politics The Weeklings, istanbul

A modest proposal to save Detroit

Banks – not the city – should be forced to auction their art to pay off debt

Toby Barlow, The Weeklings Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 6:35 PM UTC
Business The Weeklings, Detroit

Fleetwood Mac is “the great American story”

Sound engineer Ken Caillat explains the myriad challenges of recording "Rumours," from drugs to intra-band fighting

Joe Daly, The Weeklings Monday, Jun 3, 2013 7:02 PM UTC
Social The Weeklings, Fleetwood Mac

The weirdest album to ever go platinum

Twenty years after its release, the Breeders' "Last Splash" is as brilliantly quixotic as ever

Patrick Wensink, The Weeklings Sunday, Jun 2, 2013 8:00 PM UTC
Life The Weeklings, the breeders

To die for: The rise in anti-gay violence

Amid enormous progress, the community is fighting a violent backlash

Jeff Nishball, The Weeklings Monday, May 27, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 14
Life Gay Rights, Crime

I will never be able to afford Angelina Jolie’s mastectomy

My family has a history of breast cancer. If my time comes, I won't have the luxury of preventive surgery

Deborah Johnstone, The Weeklings Monday, May 20, 2013 3:51 PM UTC
Life The Weeklings, Angelina Jolie

Goodnight, sweet print

Are words on paper gone forever?

Ted Heller, The Weeklings Sunday, May 12, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 15
Life The Weeklings, Print, Novels

Hillary in the (White) House

We elected a black man. Are we ready to elect a woman?

Anna March, The Weeklings Saturday, May 11, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 97
Politics The Weeklings, Hillary Clinton

How to avoid writing an awful screenplay

I tried adapting a novel to the big screen and learned a valuable lesson: The book is not the film

Matthew Specktor, The Weeklings Monday, Apr 22, 2013 10:05 PM UTC
Life The Weeklings, screenwriting

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

Jennifer Kabat, The Weeklings Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 7:00 PM UTC
Life The Weeklings, Art, new museum

Why do we love to look at strangers’ family photographs?

Like all great art, found photography invites its viewer to multiple interpretations and readings

Melissa Holbrook Pierson, The Weeklings Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 4:58 PM UTC
Life The Weeklings, Art, Photography

You can judge a book by its title

When I finally completed my novel, I felt nothing but relief. Then I had to give it a name -- twice

Owen King, The Weeklings Monday, Apr 1, 2013 6:27 PM UTC
Life The Weeklings, literature

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

Janet Steen, The Weeklings Sunday, Mar 17, 2013 5:00 PM UTC
Life The Weeklings, essays

We let Charles Krafft fool us

Revelations about the artist's Nazi leanings were shocking. More shocking still was how long it took to out him

Samuel Sattin, The Weeklings Monday, Mar 11, 2013 9:25 PM UTC 14
Entertainment The Weeklings, Charles Krafft

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

Ronlyn Domingue, The Weeklings Sunday, Mar 10, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 29
Life The Weeklings, David Duke

Thanks for nothing, Purell!

I can't take a vacation without getting horribly ill. This year, I hope to put an end to my horrible streak

Jeff Nishball, The Weeklings Monday, Mar 4, 2013 5:18 PM UTC 17
Life The Weeklings, Purell, Vacations

Snowmaking is the most dangerous part of skiing

It's extremely physical and risky

Jennifer Kabat, The Weeklings Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 1:00 PM UTC
Life The Weeklings, snowmaking

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