As anyone fond of “truthiness,” humor, or television knows, long time Daily Show member Stephen Colbert has, since October 2005, had his own show: The Colbert Report.
Where Daily Show anchor John Stewart plays it in some ways more conservatively, holding to a tradition of fake news and riffing on the real news that’s [...]

I don’t know about you, but I grew up reading children’s books. I loved them. From Curious George’s adventures with the man in the yellow hat to cheering for Max in Where the Wild Things Are (let the wild rumpus begin!), I lived and died with these characters. When I got older, I graduated to [...]

If you imagine the economy as an animal, the characters in Jim Thompson’s The Grifters are either the parasites that leech on that beast or its masters. You may have to read the book to decide.
Yes, you can catch a glimpse of Thompson’s world by watching the movie version starring John Cusack, [...]

Art and commerce have long had an uneasy relationship. In fact, I can’t help thinking about economics and writing without being reminded of the saying attributed to Moliere, the French playwright: “Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.”

In [...]