If a female politician raises her voice she’s accused of being shrill, if she makes a joke she’s being callous, if her husband cheats on her she’s blamed for that, too, for “enabling” him.She’s no Waingro, no Buffalo Bill, and certainly no Michael Corleone. Villainy of that sort requires a man’s touch. WHY MEN ARE BETTER VILLAINS THAN WO…
| Feb 13 |
Down the airstrip where the trail runs through pastureland the gauchos are passing a carton of wine. I’ll have to walk past them to get to town. I thought about weapons. Gauchos always have hand tools and knives. Then he said, “Como anda señor?” We made eye contact. THE AIRSTRIP BY DAVID MILLER …
| Feb 12 |
Joe Gould only wrote about himself. Then Joe Gould died, and Joseph Mitchell revealed his secret, and then Joseph Mitchell stopped writing, and then Joseph Mitchell died.Maybe Gould’s failure convinced Mitchell of the futility of his own writing. If Gould’s great work only lived in his head, what hope was there for Mitc…
| Feb 11 |