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Anonymity is a universal convention of the blogosphere, and the wicked expedience is that you can speak without consequences.
I react very badly when mediocrity throws a tantrum of entitlement.
Every man is a hero to his alias.
'Hotel Rwanda' is an American product, not a Rwandan one, made primarily for American audiences.
I am too childlike to be immature.
I have a confession to make. For years, I earned a living - or a sort of living - writing negative book reviews.
I love the Internet; I'm on it all the time.
In urban America, you do not so much meet a romantic partner as inherit the product of someone else's romantic crimes.
Oprah's aspiration to inspire her audience with hope - elaborated on her TV show, in her magazine, and on her website - is hardly ignoble.
Television has to reflect back to you your own sense of security. It also has to mirror your sense of your own decency and your own limitations.
The sitcom's traditional role has been to comfort the viewer who feels burdened by the unreality of American expectations.
The Web critic relies on his or her readers for attentiveness and approval.
A single week of Oprah takes you from bondage to all the violent terrors of life, to escape through vicarious encounters with celebrity, to visions... →