Author: Simon Balto
I've been absent from the blog lately as I make a mad dash to the finish on my book manuscript and worriedly Google whether or not I'm still young enough.
The final episode of The Wire aired ten years ago today. In my opinion, it's the best television show in history. (N.B. I am far from a TV buff.) The.
Sometimes the jokes really do just write themselves: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday the Senate will turn to a banking bill next week, dashing hopes of many senators.
“I am my mother’s only one. It’s enough.” So opens Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago – the band’s 2007 debut record that spawned a thousand (pretty uninteresting) beard/flannel jokes.
There have been some interesting points made on the Black Panther open thread that Scott started, some of which I agree with and others of which I very much don't. I.
TIME magazine asked me and eight people smarter than me to recommend a book (in one sentence) that we wanted people to read for Black History Month. I'm a little surprised.
Paul Simon announced today that his upcoming "Homeward Bound" tour will be his last. It would be hard for me to overstate how much Paul Simon's music has meant to.
To my mind there were only two really memorable commercials to come out of last night's Super Bowl. (David Harbour's Tide ads were pretty funny, I guess, but I doubt.