Lena Dunham is clearly a bright and talented young woman. At only 26, she is the creator, director and star of her own series, HBO’s Girls, about a quartet of twentysomething females of varying backgrounds, attributes and …
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A San Franciscan’s Super Bowl Ode to Baltimore
Worried that the mayors of Baltimore and San Francisco would just offer each other crabs for their Super Bowl bet, I used the Awesome Column to get San Francisco novelist Armistead Maupin (Tales of the City) and Baltimore mystery writer Laura Lippman (the Tess Monaghan series) to agree to write something complimentary about the winning …
The Super Bowl of Video Games. Literally.
I coach an NFL ProBowler for the Most Important Game of His Life
What the Pygmies Can Teach Us About Child Rearing
Why do we push our young ones while asking little of our older kids?
Sonia Sotomayor Debate: Should Unhappy Lawyers Blame Themselves?
The U.S. Supreme Court justice shows a lack of empathy for her less fortunate colleagues
Why Zero Dark Thirty Is Not Your Usual Hollywood Fare
The depiction of Navy SEALs was deadly accurate — and should be celebrated.
Washington Is Overreacting to Zero Dark Thirty
The movie is misleading, but that hardly warrants a congressional inquiry.
Viewpoint: Lance Armstrong Will Be Back
He may be hated, but he should never be underestimated
Would More Women In The Senate Mean Less Gridlock?
20 female lawmakers agreed there would have been no fiscal cliff drama had they been running the show, but they may be wrong
The Hobbit: Why Are There No Women in Tolkien’s World?
Middle-earth is strangely devoid of women. So who gave birth to all those hobbits, dwarves and elves?
Sandy Hook Shooting: Video Games Blamed, Again
It’s natural in emotional times to search for answers, but there’s no evidence that violent media leads to mass homicides
Kids at Tragedies: Turn Off the Cameras
There is no good journalistic reason to put a child at a mass-murder scene on live TV, permission of the parents or not
Why I’ve Stopped Sending Holiday Photo Cards
We used to go all out. This year, my urge to share has already been well sated.