Guntown (Rogue Kite video)
I’m a US military vet, and I feel afraid in my own country
Joe Arpaio: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Reverend Barber on White Supremacy
Increasingly, foreign students are choosing Canada over the US
What Your Phone Knows. Is your phone watching you?
What Does an Innocent Man Have to Do to Go Free? Plead Guilty
Here’s why right-wing Christians think they are America’s most persecuted
The Great Flood and What Comes After
Spotting a viral hoax: Debunking the fakes from Hurricane Irma
Congress’ most unapologetic feminist, Kirsten Gillibrand, the junior senator from my state of New York
How English Was Made – the introduction of the printing press had a profound and revolutionary effect on the language
Newly-coined portmanteaux:
“It took me a long time to get to sleep after the whole shebacle.” From shebang and debacle (per the wife of a friend)
“Vomment” is a comment, usually on social media, someone makes that’s so full of bile and bitterness than it’s the verbal equivalent of vomit (per AmeriNZ).
Why Science-Fiction Writers Couldn’t Imagine the Internet
Scientists Say That Being Forgetful Is Actually A Sign You Are Unusually Intelligent – gee, I HOPE this is true
RIP Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov – Thanks for Saving The World
When I heard Len Wein, the legendary comics writer-editor, passed away at the age of 69, I was surprisingly sad. I had never met him, but he started writing comics professionally almost simultaneously to when I started reading them. Mark Evanier, his long-time friend wrote “Len Wein died… and it feels so odd to type those words even though I’ve known for a long time I would have to.” I also know people IRL who knew him IRL, and I experience their sadness as well. Condolences to his wife Christine Valada
How Bullwinkle Taught Kids Sophisticated Political Satire
Condolences to my old FantaCo boss Tom Skulan, and his brothers Dan and Joe, on the loss of their mother Ruth. I remember her fondly, though I haven’t seen her since the 1990s. Tom said that she really liked me too, and that she had asked about me as recently as a year ago. She was suffering from Sjogren’s syndrome, which I had been unfamiliar with.
Once the kings of Hollywood, directors are now increasingly interchangeable
22 Broadway Musicals That Closed on Opening Night
Helpful Home Remedies for Sunburn
Now I Know: The Fake Illness Which Saved Lives and The Power of Being Bored and What Happens When a Monkey Takes an Awesome Selfie and The Million Pound Cough
MUSIC
Papa, Can you hear me – Nina Simone
Mozart. Symphony no. 29 in A major
Composer Alan Menken plays his greatest hits in ten minutes
Dee Dee Sharp – Mashed Potato Time and other tunes
Coverville 1185: Cover Stories for Fiona Apple and Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics
