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Some people thought you were condoning promiscuity. Right. It became a cause celebre. I remember the New York Times magazine ran an article called "Who's Afraid of Erica Jong?" That was typical. Over the years it settled in and became a classic, but initially the feelings that people had...
Thanks to a friend with a clever CS50 project, we now have a computer program that will produce our column for the rest of the year. By allowing readers to choose their own jokes, we hope to finally have at least a few readers who think we’re...
Jayne Anne Phillips’ latest book, “Lark and Termite,” opens with an epigram from William Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury.” “Because no battle is ever won he said. They are...
On the shelves of the Cabot Science Library sit a license plate, several action figures, ape skulls, and a television screen looping a cartoon video of Felix the Cat. The objects are part of an exhibition—the culmination of months’ work by the students of Professor...
I have become something of an encyclopedia of sandwich knowledge. I can tell the difference between a standard French Dip and a double-dipped. I can order a Philly Cheesesteak the right way: “wit” or “wit-out” (onions). I know...