Overcoming the disappointment that Adam Kotsko’s Why We Love Sociopaths didn’t actually offer much help in terms of understanding why I...

My favorite scene in HBO’s Enlightened occurs toward the end of the first season, in an episode that centers on the protagonist’s mother,...

“Our frantic heaves and throbs were received and returned with equally voluptuous and pleasure-conferring shoves and wriggles, which...

Sometimes I treat my students like a roomful of kidnappers. If you are ever kidnapped, you are supposed to “humanize yourself” by talking...

A month ago, I argued that the sociopaths in Game of Thrones reflect the audience’s understanding that our current politics are fueled by...

If you were a kid in the 1970s or 1980s, chances are you have at least a vague recollection of Daniel Striped Tiger, the sweet,...

Scientific research into the myriad abilities of plants to recognize and respond to their environments calls into question the...

Part one of this blog post addressed some of the pressing issues associated with the current use of sex offender registries. A cursory...

Has not institutionalized advertising replaced former modes of communication, including art? (Henri Lefebvre, Everyday Life in the Modern...

Game of Thrones is bristling with sociopaths. The most successful characters (measured in terms of episodes survived, or the power they...