No one does funny like the Times does funny.

On day one of the NBA playoffs, a New York Times sportswriter insults the Portland Trail Blazers for no reason.

Now that I've given an Orwellian Tag Heuer watch advertisement the consideration it deserves, I understand the deeper message. And I find it brave…

Like ancient oil lamps, it's okay to own a few books—as home decor.

Thoughts on the Laura Kipnis affair and the rhetorical value of identifying as a feminist.

My father had been just eight years old when the Giants came to San Francisco. My father had his own disappointing father, and now—just when he needed it—a thing for a boy to care about with other boys: baseball.