I. pre-morning, a prologue the bag in my hand splatters, the bottle breaks. I wait for the familiar aroma of whiskey to wind its way up, rise and I know that it will lie there, an irregular pool, hoping never to be mopped. Read more...

Her father was an artist, and they had sat together on her bed’s edge flipping through an old book of his. His art was mostly sculptures, these macabre human heads screaming out with their teeth shattered. Read more...

She knelt down on the white tiled floor of her son’s bathroom and picked up a small black pin, crimped on one side, flat on the other, a girl’s hairpin. Read more...

There is possibly no greater enigma in the modern world than Michael Jackson. For over 30 years, he has demonstrated a remarkably consistent ability to entertain, mesmerize and perplex. Read more...

We Are Scientists “With Love and Squalor” Virgin Records It looks like rock ‘n’ roll is dead. Again. SPIN Magazine’s latest issue named The Killers as the 2005 band of the year, the equivalent of calling Nickelback the next Nirvana or Radiohead jamming with Coldplay. Read more...

“Why We Fight” Directed by Eugene Jarecki Sony Pictures Classics Criticism of U.S. foreign policy, especially regarding the war in Iraq, is nothing new. A filmmaker who makes it the impetus behind a documentary film ““ especially one released almost three years since the war’s inception, and without much in the way of new facts ““ runs the risk of creating a completely superfluous work. Read more...

When I was flipping through the February issue of Vogue, something caught my attention ““ a headline heralding Wisconsin senator Russell Feingold as “the most blogged-about Democrat since Howard Dean.” This was big. Read more...