23 Surprising Facts about George Carlin 

From the interview ebook, “Conversations with Carlin: An In-Depth Discussion with George Carlin about Life, Sex, Death, Drugs, Comedy, Words, and so much more.”

The Wrestler

Remembering the fights that Philip Seymour Hoffman won

The Life of a Violin Prodigy from South Bronx

Jafari Sampson, inspired by silences

Lights, Camera, Attachment: Female Embodiment as Seen Through the Lens of Pornography

Christopher Hitchens Is Dead.

Christopher Hitchens, writing for Vanity Fair, subjected himself to a yearlong makeover testing the limits of the “micro-economy based on the pursuit of betterment” starting in 2007. A teeth clean, facial mask, hair and nails, exercise and even a Brazilian wax were all part of…

The Art of (Science) Storytelling

A very brief introduction to the great public science stories of the…

Munira’s Cage

When a certain faith manages to strip its believers of their last grain of compassion…

The Pope and The Parable of the Prodigal Son

Has the Pope saved the wretches of the Church?

Here is the new Pope, Francis, wearing his black shoes. The one who is carted around in a Ford rather than a Mercedes. The man who is changing the…

People We Know

A Few Thoughts on Phillip Seymour Hoffman

Fred Phelps Just Wants to Save Your Soul.

The real problem with the Westboro Baptist Church isn’t the…