Post Travels: A Brief Visit to Ireland — Day 4–6: The Wild Atlantic Way
Steve Slon attends a conference of travel writers in Ireland and does a little sightseeing, as well. See the entire series. Day 4: Cork For the next few days we…
GQ Mocks Vanity Fair’s Photoshop Fail With Its Hilarious Comedy Issue Cover
To combat the deluge of Photoshopped models on magazine covers and in advertisements that present unrealistic beauty standards, brands have been battling back with pledges to never alter photos of…
The Absence of Sound
Click:All Season Cat Covered & Opened Beds Timothy stood at the fountain, his hand inside his coat pocket rubbing two quarters against one another. He’d walked past this fountain on…
After Christchurch, the political class must stop positioning racism as a democratic demand
Three emotions have hit many of us in the aftermath of the horrific terrorist attack on Al Noor Mosque and Linwood mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, during which 50 Muslims…
Now New Yorkers can opt out of the gender binary by choosing “X” on their birth certificates.
New York City has always been a place people flock to express themselves. Now, the city government has made it easier by getting out of the way and giving people…
Ride of a Lifetime
On a cloudless New England day in early September, the sun beat down uncharacteristically hot, pushing the temperature above 90 degrees. A stiff wind whipped across Lake Champlain. To the…
“To Kill a Man” by Jack London
Though dim night-lights burned, she moved familiarly through the big rooms and wide halls, seeking vainly the half-finished book of verse she had mislaid and only now remembered. When she…
Norman Lear’s Daughter Shares How Her Prolific Father Kept Creativity 'All In The Family'
Legendary television and film producer and activist Norman Lear knows a thing or two about laughter. He's been helping generations of Americans split sides for decades via his smart, politically…
Post Travels: A Whirlwind Spin through Montreal
Even with the best-planned vacations, it seems like there’s never enough time to do it all. And when time is tight, squeezing in everything on your wish list feels even…
The Parts You Get to Keep
My grandfather looks like that because he has a glass eye, and he can’t help it. He’ll remove it, along with his whole set of teeth, if I ask him…