Month: October 2007

  • Molding Young Minds

    Universities shape mind. Universities teach us to "think." But do they teach us to think for ourselves, or simply to think like "they" do. And who are "they" anyhow? Do they really want diversity? Do they really want diversity of thought? These are some of the questions raised by Evan Coyne Maloney’s new documentary, Indoctrinate…

  • 2007-08 NBA Crystal Ball

    EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division 1. Boston Celtics (1st Playoff seed) Why: Three yeoman stars all accoustomed to carrying the load. A pair of role starters, Perkins and Rondo, who are better than advertised. Glue guys for points (House) and defense (Posey) off the bench. Worries: Mediocre coach, Ray Allen’s ankles. Overrated: The plus-30 ages of…

  • Midtown Global Market: Two Trips

    This is the week to check out the Midtown Global Market … I know you’ve been meaning to get back there. Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday: Anyone can give out Snickers or Double Bubble, don’t you want to be the cool Halloween House that gives our Chupa Chups or Pocky sticks? Check out the global…

  • Tommy B: King of All Ratings

    So this time it’s the Native Americans going after Tom Barnard. I’ll watch with amusement to see if Clyde Bellecourt can extract even an ounce of pain from the Twin Cities’ most dominant entertainer (and, in my opinion, most potent "new media" political pundit). But based on historical precedent, I’m be betting heavily that Barnard…

  • Your Secrets and Mine

    BOOKS & AUTHORS Frank Warren Can’t Keep a Secret Pssst. Wanna hear a secret? How about 100,000 of them? PostSecret contains over 100,000 postcards from across the globe, each with some kind of secret — from the poetic to the perverse. And the man responsible for the site, Frank Warren, is in town today, promoting…

  • Gone Baby Gone: A Tragedy in 3 Acts

    It seems Dennis Lehane is our era’s Raymond Chandler, creating dark, brooding, atmospheric crime dramas. Only instead of the damp glitz of southern California, his working-class Boston — namely Dorchester — is like the Dublin of James Joyce and Jonathan Swift: a maelstrom of the poor and the poorer, people scrabbling for power, for dignity,…