Over at The Atlantic, Adam Chandler describes the scene at a Billy Joel concert: A mother tries to cajole her + more
Over at The Atlantic, Adam Chandler describes the scene at a Billy Joel concert: A mother tries to cajole her + more
Happy Weed Day, everyone. In the fall of ’71 Waldo Steve was given a treasure map to a patch of + more
Jeff Koons is unveiling his latest project, and, from the sounds of it, well…let’s just let him describe it: “They touch + more
Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, from Venice, April 11, 1817: My late physician, Dr Polidori, is here on his way + more
The truly jaw-dropping line in this story about pet plastic surgery isn’t the one about botox for Dobermans’ ears. Nor + more
Which pronoun is best when referring to a person: who or that? For a long time, I’ve labored under that + more
“Billy Joel, bald and glistening, looks like a big, smooth stone, as if the years and the sorrows, like so + more
I vividly recall the thrill of discovering Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony—with Toscanini conducting the NBC orchestra and the Robert Shaw Chorale—as an eight-year-old + more
I’m really, really sorry to bring politics up. But this is pretty dang interesting. Someone restaged the 2016 Trump-Clinton debates with + more
How much pee is in our swimming pools? Up to 75 liters, it turns out. Which seems like a lot—until + more
David Gelernter, Yale University computer scientist and subject of one of the stupider (not to mention more lazily partisan) newspaper headlines in + more
In an effort to “establish, once and for all, the absolute best fast food items in America” the fine folks + more
Happy Twin Peaks Day, everyone. Hearty recommendation: The History of English Podcast. I mean, dig this Indo-European Family Tree. Whatever + more