"Do you really think the Virgin Mary went around dressed as you depict her? I assure you she dressed like a poor girl, simply and modestly, and was so well-covered that all you could see were her eyes....” IN THE COMMENTS: S…
In the early morning hours yesterday, this blog received a visit from our ghost commenter Sir Archy -- dead these 260 Years and more . As a ghost, he had something to say about Barack Obama's first press conference, in which…
Asked Dan Drezner , quoted by Language Log's Geoff Nunberg in his post about the oral argument in the Supreme Court case about "fleeting expletives" in the broadcast media. (Kevin Martin is the FCC chairman who favo…
Jimmy Carl Black, RIP . ADDED: The album cover above is "We're Only in It for the Money," one of my favorite records, which is full of great songs including one that I think is just as appropriate for election eve …
He's a freshman, studying music: The Chili Peppers [created tension] in our song structures but all based on emotion and intuition as opposed to knowing the math and academics of it. Knowing the structure is really fun. He&#…
I was just checking Memeorandum to see what people are blogging about right now, and suddenly everything seems to be at a taste level below the standards of this blog. For your protection, I am collecting these items in one post…
Apparently, there's lots of it. Well, we all remember "Borat," and I can remember Oliver Reed and Alan Bates naked-wrestling in front of the fire in Ken Russell's version of the D.H. Lawrence film "Women in…
You know... all that Clinton-lunching-with-the-feminist-bloggers stuff . Excerpt: 12:12 PM kentucky: I don't understand why Jessica is so defensive about what you said in your profile of Ann Althouse. I personally don't…
I see that pop culture has come full circle : Christina Aguilera has no problem showing skin - especially on weekends with her husband, music executive Jordan Bratman. "We claim ourselves to be the coziest couple ever. We ha…
So, we've established that "naked" is funnier than "nude," and now I feel like this is a subject comics have riffed on hundreds of times. I'm trying to find some good examples of this. Oh! Wikipedia h…
The new idea for the gym: naked Sunday . Sounds dangerous. All those machines. And not too clean. Even if you avoided the place on Sunday, would you want to use the machines on Monday? Nude exercisers would be required to put tow…
Hilarious photo . And here 's the article about the ballet "Groosland": "Such carryings-on are wildly incorrect, politically speaking, and there is indeed a disturbing undercurrent." I don't find this…
Mark DelCore, the plaintiff who filed a case demanding accommodations for his stress-caused injury, tells reporters why he may not continue the lawsuit. Note: it's the man who claims a right to sunbathe nude with his dog. &q…
Well, what's your favorite Daily New headline of the day? And come on, it's got to have at least as much merit as the Plame lawsuit I didn't talk about in the previous post. And read the linked article for a return …
Richard is struggling with his soul in Crete and Santorini , Tonya is agonizing about sex and the single older woman, Chris is coping with "naked time," and Oscar's having another "Existential Friday."…
Why do figure skaters dress the way they do? It's not cool and it has no correlation to fashion in general. Why don't they require all the Olympic contenders to wear a solid black unitard? Wouldn't it be nice not to …
I love the painter Lucien Freud, and I love his painting of Kate Moss that just sold for $7.29 million. BBC reports : Moss first suggested she pose for Freud in an article in Dazed and Confused magazine. Lucian Freud, grandson of…
Yesterday, in my hallway of the law school, we were talking about the connotations of "draft dodging." The subject came up in connection with calling President Bush a draft dodger for joining the National Guard. One thi…
Politics, religion, and fashion in Iran, where the hanged 16-year-old Atefeh Rajabi has become a central figure in the women's rights cause. (Rajabi's story was reported a month ago with her name given in the report I r…