“Bonsoir!” chirps the hostess as we step from a drizzly Rue St. Honore into the bar entryway. She wears diamond studs and a black dress so tight her head squeezes out the top like a tube of frosting. “Are you on the list this evening?” she says in too-perfect French that seems catered to making […]

Thanks to all the readers who’ve written in about this post. Many of you were only too happy to inform me that the culprit behind the Unnamed Evil Known As Being Wrong is little more than a big fat OD on pride. While there’s likely some truth to that, filing the whole phenomenon under an […]

It never ceases to amaze me how much our lives revolve around being wrong. When you think about it, the concept pretty much governs our daily existence. We’ll go to astounding lengths and do just about anything to avoid it - lie, dodge, hide, compromise, shed integrity like a molted skin. No matter how honorable […]

When the things you write about become things that write about you. Or vice versa. Or something. Either way, I need a drink and a kilo of uncut Vitamin C.

Something about this article has been nudging the back of my head (Note: its headline used to read, “Was 9/11 Really That Bad?” No doubt I wasn’t the only one who had problems with that one). Beyond the provocative subject matter and valuable political points it raises about American military overreaction, there’s something so basic […]