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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature is by definition a heady read. But don't let that scare you off. Author Steven Pinker (Harvard psychology professor) doesn't hang around ... read more
It hardly seems possible that Annie Lennox's solo career has gone longer than her time with The Eurythmics. And yet the Scottish-born singer has outlasted that group (not to mention her first band, ... read more
Meet the curious, enigmatic line of T-shirts designed by Trong G. Nguyen. One shirt simply reads 1874-1926. Others read 1935-1977, 0-33 and 1980-1989. Give up? The shirts mark the birth and death of ... read more
It might seem to be stretching a point, putting the words 'dinner' and 'revolution' in the same sentence. But there really has been a major cultural shift in the past 30 years in ... read more
We hate to pick on GM, now that they just went through a strike, but a Bill Gates' quote comes to mind this morning: "If GM had kept up with technology like the ... read more
Sometimes you feel like watching Blades of Glory, sometimes you don't. For the times you don't, check out the offerings from the The Criterion Collection. They specialize in DVDs of moviedom's greatest directors, ... read more
Just because we've been known to scoff at the touchy-feely language of many aromatherapy products -- with their promises of serenity and peace and energy boosts -- doesn't mean we don't desperately crave ... read more
Imagine a young Julie Christie cooing breathily to electro-harpsichord over the bass-and-tambourines backbeat from "Be My Baby" by The Ronettes, and you have something like "What's a Girl to Do" from the (generally ... read more
The website for Noir, the fashion house based in Copenhagen, says "In Darkness All Colors Agree." But the two colors most in sync here are black, the name of the company, and green ... read more
