“The idea that economics will aid us in thinking through the problem of the destruction of the natural world… commits us to the assumption that our world ought to be…
September 13, 2009 10:37am – Walking by Book Stands Tao Lin T-shirts were dangling on hangers at the Melville House booth at the Brooklyn Book Festival. The T-shirts said “Tao…
For some reason, I’m in Santa Rosa at the moment, and it seems that Charles Schulz, the creator of Peanuts, was from here. I’ve figured this out because everything is…
Welcome to Saturday night. Hope you like what I’ve dug up for you this week. Okay, this first one isn’t technically poetry, but if you’re interested in Bright Star, Jane…
Who will play Rumpus Editor Stephen Elliott in the seemingly inevitable movie version of The Adderall Diaries?* Cillian Murphy? Philip Seymour Hoffman? Demetri Martin? My money is on Mos Def.…
The First Amendment case that’s getting most of the attention this year involves Citizens United and political speech by corporations, in large part because most court watchers believe that the…
Can a dead fish perceive humans and tell their emotional states? No, but the reason for the story is an interesting one. This is the world’s most awesome science fair…
Morning, everyone. Let’s get our geek on. Get out your checkbook, members of the nerdcore. You can buy Gene Roddenberry’s Mac 128 computer, given to him by Apple. Erik Loomis…