From the monthly archives:

July 2007

But a broader popular culture that many have rejected by leaving big cities now rides back toward them on a big fat pipe.

But a broader popular culture that many have rejected by leaving big cities now rides back toward them on a big fat pipe.
How the

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There are only 12 kinds of ads. Resist them all!

In 1978, Donald Gunn was a creative director for the advertising agency Leo Burnett. Though his position implied expertise, Gunn felt he was often just …

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Are We Doomed, David Denby?

It’s been agitating me, this essay by David Denby about why modern romantic comedies are so depressing. Part of the reason is that he’s right: …

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Williams Syndrome [The Frontal Cortex]

David Dobbs has a wonderful article in the most recent Times Magazine on Williams syndrome, a development disorder that results in a bizarre mixture …

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