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May 2012

• Enough

They've got it all. May 21, 2012.

• The Ghost in the Machine

Dreams of flight. May 14, 2012.

• Real Time

What's the matter with us? May 7, 2012.

April 2012

• Closed Minds

Booming shame. April 30, 2012.

• Happy Anniversary

Drop the balloons. April 23, 2012.

• The Tyranny of Freedom

Occupy the language. April 16, 2012.

• Back to the Future

Pass the butter churn. April 9, 2012.

• Toys and Joys

A few more things to do before you die. April 2, 2012.

March 2012

• Wage Slaves

Illegal. March 26, 2012.

• Occupy Portland

If you come, they will build it. March 19, 2012.

• Latter-Day Saint

He who seeks beauty. March 12, 2012.

• You Don't Know Jack

Letter to Olympus. March 5, 2012.

February 2012

• Forever Young

Authority, responsibility, sacrifice, discipline, duty, restraint. February 27, 2012.

• Fiction's Revenge

I was a teenage transgendered prostitute. February 20, 2012.

• Occupy the Myth

Not so fast. February 13, 2012.

• @FranzKafka

The pitch abides. February 6, 2012.

January 2012

• Generational Conflict

On edge. January 30, 2012.

• Settling Accounts

Lies our fathers told us. January 23, 2012.

• On the Beach

Professor K. comes up for tenure. January 16, 2012.

• Let Us Now Praise Famous Assholes

PU. January 9, 2012.

December 2011

• False Religion

I think I love you. December 19, 2011.

• Thank You for Your Service

They. Are. The 45%.  December 12, 2011.

• In Memoriam

KK, 1926-2009.  December 5, 2011.

November 2011

• Dreams from Yo Mama

Writers rule! November 28, 2011.

• Trading Up

Businessman, business writer, essayist, and poet. November 21, 2011.

• Repressed

The Viennemy within. November 14, 2011.

• Yankee Come Home

Us and them. November 7, 2011.

October 2011

• Why We Fight

More thoughts on the national religion. October 31, 2011.

• 9/11 + 9:30

Ten years and almost as many time zones. October 24, 2011.

• You Say Latino

I say, slow down. October 17, 2011.

• Present at the Creation

Next stop, Grub Street. October 10, 2011.

• Parade's End

Jew, Jew, Jew, Jew, Jew, Jew, Jew. October 3, 2011.

September 2011

• Us Slaveholders

Moral relativism. September 26, 2011.

• Subway Seminar

Don't be crazy. September 19, 2011.

• Apollo's Creed

Grounded. September 12, 2011.

August 2011

• Jacob and Esau

Brothers in arms. August 29, 2011.

• Get Used to It

Equal means equal. August 22, 2011.

• New York Journal

Sing it. August 15, 2011.

• In a State

You haven't kissed me since we were engaged. August 8, 2011.

• The Building is Beige

Franco, American. August 1, 2011.

July 2011

• Mother and Father Reunion

God, meet God. July 25, 2011.

• The Greatest Generation

They fought so we could kiss. July 18, 2011.

• Two Girls, True and False

What do girls want? July 11, 2011.

June 2011

• Victims' Wrongs 

The People v. Nature. June 27, 2011.

• Words to Live By 

Consumed. June 20, 2011.

• Shiny, All-Too-Shiny 

No escape. June 13, 2011.

• Metaphors We Play By 

No touching. June 6, 2011.

May 2011

• The Problem with the Problem of Evil 

It's not a thing. May 30, 2011.

• Looking for Mr. Goodbar 

Make it a double. May 23, 2011.

• A White Dwarf of Meaning  

Our awesome, amazing emotions. May 16, 2011.

• The Pet Gene  

Our kitties, ourselves. May 9, 2011.

• Yankees  

 And the Sox are Europe. May 2, 2011.

April 2011

• The True Church  

 AA A-1. April 25, 2011.