- “Instead, Romney’s campaign will likely be defined by the candidate’s steadfast refusal to embrace his own humanity, and a chronic inability to engage in any tangible leadership as a presidential contender.”
- “I was awkward slightly before this confluence of second-generation Woody Allen disciples and twee pop turned social unease into a vaguely aspirational quality for people who want to try too hard at not trying hard enough.”
- “As an adult, I have come to realize that Radiohead’s lyrics, at their best, feel like a freshman philosophy major’s poetry; Chris Martin’s words are basically the love poems that philosophy major wrote his senior year of high school.”
- “Wait, wait, wait—are you trying to tell me that dancing and singing along to Annie’s “Heartbeat” is not considered to be “productive”?”
