TV
Every Time Charlie Is Illiterate on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
With that much Charlie Work to do, it’s no surprise that he hasn’t had the chance to work on his basic literacy skills; in the words of the Lawyer, he has a tenuous grasp of the English language.
The 13 Different Kinds of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Plots
The Gang Commits a Pennsylvania State Felony (13 episodes).
Books
Is This Book Bad, or Is It Just Me?
The book review is dead. At the very least, it’s very obviously dying. Anyway, we can all agree that it should be killed off, because it’s gotten to be irrelevant. If not downright parasitic. (Though maybe it might be salvaged if the average review was a little meaner.)
American Rust and Other Recession Fictions
Besides getting the economic indicators right, Meyer understands that socioeconomic malaise and personal malaise are two sides of the same coin. He shows, through the eyes of each of the main characters, the human consequences of a sick economy.
George Orwell never thought that his work would outlive him by much. After all, he considered himself “a sort of pamphleteer” rather than a genuine novelist, and confidently predicted that readers would lose interest in his books “after a year or two.” Yet sixty years later, Orwell endures, and I am not sure that this is a good thing.
Education
Wisdom as Secret Learning Objective
It’s 9:38 on a Friday morning, and I’m standing in front of a classroom full of students, trying to convince myself that I belong there.