Status of popular literature as art: dubious
ONE OF THE first events at next week’s Veritas Forum is a talk by Honora Chapman on “The Da Vinci Code” at 3 p.m. in the Alice Peters Auditorium. I don’t know exactly what she’s going to say about it, but it’s about time somebody talked about this miserable book. More>>

Compromise between sexes key in decorating
IT IS NOT uncommon for guys to go to college and decorate their dorm rooms or apartments with super heroes, movie posters or scantily clad chicks.  More>>