What a guy: On Monday, Michelle Goldberg wrote about Republican women who feel betrayed by their party. Today, Goldberg points to Newt Gingrich’s irritated reaction to Fox News’ Megyn Kelly on Tuesday night as more evidence of a GOP gender war in progress.
Us or him? Susan Matthews revisits the case of Donald Trump, psychological conundrum, and finds that she can’t escape one conclusion: Trump’s ability to function (and even excel), despite it all, says really bad things about our culture.
Come back to us: Tom Hanks’ highly enjoyable promotional tour for the not-going-to-see-it movie Inferno proves that he needs to get back to comedy. Tom, we respect you! We really do! Sam Adams writes. Now make us laugh once more!
I will love you again: In 1995, the Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle wrote a great song about the impossibility of love’s revival, using the forever-losing Chicago Cubs as a metaphor. More than 20 years later, Darnielle writes about the feeling of watching his team in the World Series.
For fun: Justin Peters tries recreational hatchet-tossing, enjoys it greatly.
You’ll land that bull’s-eye next time,
Rebecca