Misfortunes of Imaginary Beings

Carol Vaness, "Per pietà, ben mio, perdona," from Così fan tutte

One of my favorite TV shows is Shameless on Showtime. But the dysfunctional Gallagher family never approaches these heights of shamelessnes...

For reasons known only to him, Tucker Carlson has put together a video of Rachel Maddow repeatedly saying "vagina." Living proo...

I figured out what bothers me about The Artist winning the Oscar for best picture: It won the award that should have gone to Singin' ...

I guess I feel obligated to say something about the Oscars (awards and show). It seemed to me to be as efficient a show as one that has to...

Marine Brandon Morgan welcomed home by his boyfriend

I'm back.

When you go as long as I have without posting, you can pretty much guess that a blogger has other things to do. Which in my case is mostly b...

From today's San Francisco Chronicle : When Mike Wood's 3-year-old son was having trouble associating sounds with letters, he bui...

Think Progress reports on the latest in blatant, unashamed bigotry : Last month, several Tea Party activists formed a right-wing coalition ...