Commentary

There is no greater example of the righteousness and fortitude inherently found in the best of mankind than Optimus Prime. Superman? That schoolboy couldn’t even stop Lex Luthor from becoming president of the United States. Luke Skywalker...

This past New Year’s, an intimate group of friends and I sat in a small room, surrounded by expensive wines, in a downtown restaurant known for its taxidermy and connecting barbershop. As we all ordered, and polite requests for lamb, filet mignon and scallops filled the air, I studied the menu, made my decision and firmly stated, “Filet mignon, please...

We burn like a furnace. We’re little machines of biology, constantly being rebuilt by evolution and sex, and we need fuel for the fire that keeps us breathing and beating and fucking future generations alive. But that’s the problem: the fuel...