Tom Scocca: Did they time this whole rollout around Jonathan Safran Foer’s vegetarianism book…
by Natasha Vargas-Cooper
Where were you when the Berlin Wall fell on this fine day in November of 1989? I…
MC Serch was right. It was a white guy that started all that. And that white guy’s name was… Felix Unger! Scientific American reports on a recent study asserting that the metaphorical association of white with “good” and black with “bad” has at…
So very true: “One of the problems with crafting a reliable definition of ‘douchebag’ is that the term is built from the outside. Nobody wants to identify as a douchebag. And so, each individual’s interpretation of the term will necessarily exclude characteristics which they share. Not so with the term ‘bro.’”
He almost had it. He got close! But Nicholas Kristof wrapped up his op-ed about the presence of a possibly-maybe harmful plastic in American food on Sunday by once again reminding us of his heroism: “In my family, we’re cutting down…
The Independent’s Simon Carr makes me feel much better about my alcohol consumption. Who knows, he may help you feel better too!
Sarah Palin is concerned about a lot of things that are happening in this great nation of ours, but perhaps nothing is more disturbing than the terrible conspiracy to remove “In God We Trust” from the new presidential dollar coins. (The phrase was engraved on the coins’ edge.) At a…
Well, the good news is that Steve Forbes seems to have wearied of playing Edward Gibbon in his recent attempt to mine…
Do you know what everyone is eating? The English breakfast. That’s right: “Lately, that morning meal has become all the rage in New York,” says New York. English breakfast should not to be confused with the Irish breakfast, which comes with…
“Well, we’re all different. Why should a smoker pay more?” -National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX), explaining why women should pay more for medical treatment than men.
Here’s a terrific interview with England’s “punk poet laureate” John Cooper Clarke, who is, disturbingly, now 60 years old. Do read it.
Striking a blow for thick-jointed women everywhere, the Guardian’s Hadley Freeman makes a stirring declaration: There’s no such thing as “cankles.” Preach it, sister!
Edward Ates, the fat man who tried to convince a New Jersey jury that he was too obese to commit the crime of murder, was found guilty of killing his son-in-law.
Here’s an interesting profile of Kathleen Parker, America’s most widely-syndicated female columnist. You may remember her from the “Sarah Palin should quit the ticket” kerfuffle. I had no idea her work was so pervasive.
While you await the season-ending installment of Footnotes-coming shortly!- please enjoy this miniature art project based on last night’s episode. I guess it may contain spoilers if you are EXTREMELY intuitive or versed in the conventions of television.
During a casual conversation with a small group of acquaintances this weekend I heard someone express the opinion that we were somewhere near the middle of a double-dip recession and that there was going to be a “white riot” when the…
Oh no! Has Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler quit the band? That’s what guitarist Joe Perry says! This is terrible news for everyone stuck in 1989. Related: What ever happened to Alicia Silverstone?
That’s neat. 31 of the 39 Democratic representatives who didn’t vote for the health care bill are in districts that had more McCain voters than Obama voters last year. Mmm hmm! Also…
If you are in a total “Ow My Balls!” kind of mood, then here is video of a reporter doing himself major injustice
… while trailing after Nancy Pelosi. Something for everyone!
If you want to enjoy even more fall-of-the-Wall nostalgia, Der Spiegel’s got a pretty good collection of material. Also, Kristallnacht happened 71 years ago. So kind of a mixed bag.
