Noel Parmentel Jr., Richard Dawkins, and More

Plus: Our posture panic.

Noel Parmentel Jr., “a man who attracted women by insulting them,” was Joan Didion’s first great love... more »

Richard Dawkins has long been the doyen of grandiloquent science writing. His new book feels like the end of an era... more »

Barre, Pilates, the Alexander technique: Is our quest for straighter spines a moral panic or a legitimate concern over …