This Saturday is the fourth annual “Take Our Children to the Park…and Leave Them There Day.” For real. The idea is that at around 10 a.m. parents take their kids to—as you might expect from the name of this holiday—their local park. And then they…
As a fellow—though not Completist-level—Trekkie, I found much to admire in Matt Yglesias’s consideration of the entire filmed catalog of Star Trek. He’s correct that the fundamental spirit of the fictional universe is one of progressive humanism (if…
Whenever a new acquaintance learns that I report on porn sets, I end up fielding a similar line of questioning about What It’s Like. Are the performers trapped? Are they hurt? Coerced? On drugs? Do they have no other options? Are they dumb? Most of…
I drove over a bridge from Maryland into Virginia today and on the big “Welcome to Virginia” sign was an image of the state bird, the northern cardinal—with a yellow bill. I should have scoffed, but it hardly registered. Everyone knows that state…
All the locations where you can check this out—both the new song and the accompanying visual—are mapped on KanyeWest.com: The 10 cities are New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Toronto, Paris, London, Berlin, and Sydney, with most… Or, of course, you can just try to watch the whole thing online. It’s surprisingly hard to find a full video of the song, reportedly called “New Slaves.” Perhaps, as with videos of Kanye’s surprise concert appearance earlier this week, they’re being taken down. But I’ll post the best video I can below.
On Thursday, Gawker’s John Cook reported the existence of a video that allegedly shows Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine. Since entering public service as a city councilor in 2000, Ford has been known for his odd and improper public…
Some online quiz games are rendered pointless by Google. But here’s one that would be impossible without it: GeoGuessr, a “where in the world are you?” guessing game that drops you into a Google Street View locale from somewhere on Earth and…
I was told there was going to be a cover-up. After reading the 100 pages of emails related to the Benghazi media talking points, I’m hard-pressed to find evidence for the most damning accusations against the president and his staff. If they were…
Lynette Johnson had taken many photographs of children during her photography career when she received a call from her sister-in-law in 1996 asking if she would photograph her baby who was stillborn.
If you were one of select few private Soviet citizens granted permission to visit the United States in 1955, you could take in a Cubs game or ski Jackson Hole, but if you wanted to sample Memphis barbecue or check out the factories in Youngstown,…
Be microscopic and have more beaches?
He is just so deep .
A Navy dog in trainingFor its sniffer, of course. The special operations forces…
American mapmaking’s most prestigious honor is the “Best of…
Clarence ThomasIn 1985, John Thompson was convicted of murder in Louisiana.…
It is possible to take something beautiful and lasting out of the…
He was carrying around a whopper of a secret.
Advice on nude photos, reluctant adoption, chatterbox friends and nagging…
And what you can do about it.
We keep hearing that young men are failing to adapt to contemporary life.
“We would be happy to provide a status update to the Subcommittee staff and…
As an animal’s body-shape approaches sphere, it’s cuteness approaches…
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