Player Protests Could Cost NFL Commissioner His Job
For the first time since he was named NFL commissioner in 2006, Roger Goodell appears to be in danger of being shuffled out of the gig. At the Year Ahead Summit,…
Women are really responding to this viral Twitter thread about body autonomy.
Body autonomy means that a person has the right to whatever they want with their own body. We live in a world where people are constantly telling women what they…
The White House is sharing a fake video in a shameless attempt to discredit this CNN reporter.
On Wednesday, the White House shockingly pulled the credentials of reporter Jim Acosta, after the CNN reporter got into a heated exchange with President Trump during a televised press conference.…
Man of Letters
Click:EPCOS B43564-S9588-M003 400V 5800uF CapacitorIt was Friday, three days into the new year, and there I sat at the breakfast table in my son Josh’s fashionable second-story apartment in Dallas,…
The Land Of Ice, Fire, And Literature
THE GOOD NEWS: Iceland provides grants and government assistance to creatives and offers retreats for international writers. Every morning at 8 a.m., Halldór Laxness, a 20th-century Icelandic writer, ventured…
Brazil: 1964 X 2018. A parallel
Brazilian OGlobo newspaper front page on April 2, 1964., the day after the military coup. The headline reads: "Democracy returns". Brazilian society supported the military coup of 1964. The media…
The Liberation of Irma Ruger
Irma Ruger, wearing a white blouse with blue tailored skirt and matching jacket — almost a uniform — entered the classroom among, but not with, a gaggle of other second-grade…
The obituary of legendary hoaxer Alan Abel is a wonderful gag 38-years in the making.
On January 2, 1980, The New York Times reported the death of famous media hoaxer Alan Abel. The only problem was: Abel wasn’t dead. To fool the Times’ fastidious reporters,…
Authoritarian rule shedding its populist skin in rural Cambodia
Indigenous woman who has been involved in struggles to retain her community's land since the mid-2000s, in rice cultivation field in Northern Cambodia. Author's pic.This article is part of a…
“The Vulgar Dollar” by Nina Wilcox Putnam and Norman Jacobsen
Nina Wilcox Putnam wrote lighthearted comedy, gothic horror, romance, and western novels and short stories (in addition to her journalistic pursuits) throughout the early 20th century. Putnam wrote the story…