Richard's Pretension

The heavy snow this past Saturday provided a guilt-free excuse for lounging in front of the TV for the next few days. Whenever that irksome...

We live in an age of identity politics. We are concerned with the “rights” of groups – whether based on ethnicity, sect, sexual orientatio...

I first became aware of Camille Paglia in 1991 when her book Sexual Personae on the history of Western art, culture, and literature in ter...

We all know dog people. The reader may be one. You know the people I mean: the ones for whom life without a dog (or two, or three, or fi...

Last night a Millennial (the group born 1980-2001) quasi-niece on a seasonal break from college hosted some of her friends at my house. Als...

Is there really only a single day remaining in 2015? Is it really 15 years (- a day) since 01/01/2001? Is it really a quarter century s...

Between Christmas and New Years Day there may be some time for lazing in front of a TV screen. Below are some thoughts on four of the optio...