Have I mentioned recently that Pat Robertson is a simplistic, narrow-minded moron?

Embodied PhysiologyJ. Scott Turner is a professor in the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology at State University of New York, Syracuse. He is the author of two books, The Extended Organism and more recently The Tinkerer’s Accomplice which I review (along with Richard Dawkins’ latest, Greatest Show on Earth) in this month’s issue of… Continue reading

Gordon Glover: Making fun of the Discovery Institute. (So I don’t have to…) Part one is here.

Could Literary New York see a return of the Algonquin Table?

Anthony Lane starts the new year with a nice review of the new biography of Grace Kelly: Hollywood has, as often as not, been thrown and baffled by its most unearthly beauties; Gene Tierney, Linda Darnell, and Hedy Lamarr boast no more than a pocketful of strong films among them. How did Kelly manage? Well,… Continue reading