Writing - the means to greater (and lesser) ends
By Zac Goldstein | Apr. 27, 2005In "I Want to Conquer the World," veteran punk-rockers Bad Religion ask "is your fecundity a trammel or a treasure?" In my penultimate column, I shall ...
Read More »In "I Want to Conquer the World," veteran punk-rockers Bad Religion ask "is your fecundity a trammel or a treasure?" In my penultimate column, I shall ...
Read More »There are essentially two paths to success in the music world. The first entails repeating a winning formula until audiences tire of it. The second requires ...
Read More »I came to the College in Fall 2001 knowing, more or less, that I could write and seeking a degree that affirmed as much. In a few short weeks, I shall ...
Read More »Those zany left wing polemicists say the darndest things. Just as Noam Chomsky once famously declared that Richard Nixon was "the last liberal president," ...
Read More »Some people believe that comedy and craft go hand in hand. There is a notion that comedy requires thought, timing and precision. I, on the other hand, ...
Read More »Life is full of unexpected turns. For instance, I had considered writing about the Schiavo case this week, but it occurred to me that the Republican leadership's ...
Read More »About the only thing more insufferable than a tyrant is a well-intentioned fool. It pains me to see people who have noble goals (and the skills needed ...
Read More »It's been over a month since famed playwright Arthur Miller passed away and his eye for social commentary is already missed. A witch hunt, not unlike ...
Read More »As acerbic comedian Lewis Black famously noted, we are faced today with two dominant forces in politics: the "party of bad ideas" and the "party of no ...
Read More »Politics isn't a matter of making friends, but rather picking which enemies you can stomach the least. Case in point: I've come to detest much of the ...
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