Alexi Shaw

A New Deal on Terms of Endearment

Having already encouraged my readers to insult each other, I was planning to write on the necessity of voting. I think it is an underwritten topic nowadays.

By Alexi Shaw | Nov 12 07:58 pm ET

A Treatise on Pretentiousness and Politics

With pre-emptive nostalgia already groping our heartstrings, the night of Nov. 4 will mark the end of a long American journey, not to mention the culminating moment of historical necessity.

By Alexi Shaw | Oct 30 09:04 pm ET

This Just In: Columbia Rejects Raskolnikov

It has recently come to light that Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov’s early application bid was rejected by the University.

By Alexi Shaw | Oct 16 08:43 pm ET

Insults and the English Language

Life is not a promenade. Internally it is never, so why should society be? Along with duels and after-school fist fights, insults have gone out of fashion.

By Alexi Shaw | Oct 1 07:39 pm ET

To Hook Up, Be Hooked Up, and Hook Up With

Young folk seem to love to hook-up. They certainly use the phrase often, perhaps more often than they perform the act. Weekly? Perhaps bi-monthly.

By Alexi Shaw | Sep 17 10:50 pm ET

Awkwardly Speaking

Chatter, chatter, everywhere. But none there is to speak!

By Alexi Shaw | Sep 4 10:25 pm ET

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