"It's a whole new Old World." -Chip Kidd The study of American subcultures is something I've long been fascinated with, for it touches on one of my other favorite themes—cultural geography. Naturally, people gather in tribes and those tribes then link up in regional...
Son of a Gun, Better Change Your Act
A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll has found that the tea-party movement has emerged as a potent force in American politics and the center of gravity within the GOP. In the survey, 71% of Republicans described themselves as tea-party supporters, saying they had a...
Hard Times for Authors: We’re Publishing Fewer Books And Selling The Books We Do Publish For Less
I once had dreams of making it as a literary writer. Those notions were, of course, about as far fetched as my earlier dreams of playing professional baseball. But we're not here to discuss my childhood dreams. Thanks to fresh data from The Wall Street Journal we're...
Pac 10 Teams Soon To Be Logs In Beavers’ Dam
I'm from Nebraska and I live in Oregon. And I like college football. My loyalties to the Cornhuskers are well established. Whereas my new allegiances to the local teams are still forming. I like that Oregon has Scott Frost on its coaching staff, because I'm a Husker...
Escapin’ Through The Lily Fields With Furthur
Friends from California, Hawaii, Colorado and Washington descended on Eugene last week to see two Furthur shows at Cuthbert Amphitheatre. Our local friends also joined the party. Furthur is the band Bob Weir and Phil Lesh of Grateful Dead play in today. By the way,...