Daily Archives: March 27, 2019

At some point in my childhood, my hands began to shake. Not badly at first—I couldn’t draw a straight line, but I didn’t mind much since I’d never had any inclination…

Steve Buscemi, the veteran actor with the one-in-a-million face, known for his depictions of weirdos and gangsters, inspires a lot of creative description: The Guardian referred to him as a…

George Takei has successfully built an incredibly second life in entertainment for himself as a signature voice in social media culture. But the 79-year-old also saw the horrors of America’s…

Neil deGrasse Tyson—director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City—has turned his childlike awe at the mysteries of the universe into a blockbuster career as a highly regarded astrophysicist,…

Before we dive headfirst into celebrating World United Nations Day, let’s take a step back and ask a question many of us might have but are too embarrassed to ask:…

Kids these days flip water bottles, in case you missed it in The New York Times. But few have pulled off a trick as serendipitously beautiful as these two girls.…

Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszú shattered world records with her gold-medal-winning performance in the women’s 400-meter individual medley at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio Saturday night. But instead of acknowledging…

Late Show host Stephen Colbert is no fan of Donald Trump. And when he opened a segment this week riffing on Hillary Clinton’s email scandal, it sounded like he was about…

As the college football season approaches, it’s a good time to remember something about how state governments use taxpayer money. In most states, the highest paid public employee is a football or…

On the night of October 13, Pakistan’s kabaddi national team captain, Nasir Ali, watched miserably as Korea beat Bangladesh in opening-round pool play at the Kabaddi World Cup in Ahmedabad, India.…