A slate of new shows about controversial tech founders says less about them than about, well, us.

Baseball’s back! — but the vibes taste a little different this year …

Bazzers and I discuss all the glass between time zones, and what shimmers behind it.

Musings on Red Rocket, Clouds of Sils Maria, The Lost Daughter, and Bergman Island.

On the beautiful camaraderie of living and dying for the New York Knicks.

On #NationalRoastDay, Wendy’s dishes out insults and (yet) wins.

“All you have to do is win.” — David Bowie.

Absolument fantastique!

Who needs a soul, really, when you can have Succession?

With the special delivery that is my first ever Wrapped, and yours too?, Spotify finally breaks the ice.

Boston, I love you.

The ‘Halo’ franchise, under the stewardship of 343 Industries, finally stops to just smell some flowers.

On heartbreak, and anguish, and (sigh) sports.

‘No Time To Die’ is a typical and fairly traditional James Bond experience; but yes, please, I’ll have some.

Jonathan Franzen, maybe the primary professional reason I write at all, returns.

Despite speaking from someplace else, Kurt Cobain’s heart is crystal clear.

On falling madly in love with modern rock’s most meticulous goofballs.

Bazzers and I discuss dreams, and when (if ever) to dust off the white flag.

An act of flash fiction.

Vibes on The Chair, The Plot Against America, and The White Lotus.