The Atlantic has put up its original review of Darwin's On the Origin of Species. My favourite thing about it comes in the second par...

I was casting about in my tiny mind for something about regal nuptials, and couldn't think of anything. However, I did remember a story...

There is, dear reader, a precise word for not being able to remember the precise word: lethologica . This was sometime a paradox, but next ...

There aren't nearly enough disparaging word for libidinous men. There are plenty for women. Language, in this way, is quite ungentleman...

Over on McSweeney's they have a little comedy piece about possible Easter films, including: Good, Better, Best Friday Musical co...

Today is, traditionally, Shakespeare's birthday. So here is Shakespeare on the subject of getting old. He wrote a lot of sonnets about ...

The dripping blood our only drink, The bloody flesh our only food: In spite of which we like to think That we are sound, substantial fle...