You can’t say I don’t TRY to get people’s attention. ‘Course now the site stats are personal; will I get a proud, firm spike? or a humiliating drop? But I’m talking, of course, about “My Penis and Everybody Else’s,” Lawrence Barraclough’s excellent 2007 documentary. Lawrence—I feel that I can use his first name, now that [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 8, 2010
In the fall of 1990, I had no interest in World War I; then as now, I studied history for the story of it, and there didn’t seem to be any narrative in that conflict. No personalities, no resolution, just four years of static, blood-drenched dress rehearsal for the much more satisfying sequel played out [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 14, 2007
Audio version is here. One of America’s most distinguished urologists died over the weekend. John K. Lattimer’s time in the spotlight came in 1946, during the Nuremberg Trial. There he treated top-ranking Nazis, truly some of History’s biggest dicks. In a speech Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI criticized both Marxism and capitalism. Look, Pope—if you’re into [...]
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Friday, April 2, 2010
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