David Finch’s talks how to be a good husband, whether you realize at 30 you are on the spectrum or not.
What the Hell Do You Do When You Realize Your Husband Has Asperger’s?
February 7, 2012 By 7 Comments
Addicts are Super Human
February 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Is addiction really a ‘special gift’ that, if harnessed, can be used for good rather than evil?
Addicts’ Brains May Be Wired At Birth For Less Self-Control
February 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A study in Science finds that cocaine addicts have abnormalities in areas of the brain involved in self-control. And these abnormalities appear to predate any drug abuse.
Why Do White Male Felons Serve 20% Less Time Than Blacks? Child Porn
February 1, 2012 By 5 Comments
The Supreme Court told judges to interpret mandatory sentences as guidelines. And they are in a very interesting way.
Do Men Lose Their Minds Faster Than Women?
February 1, 2012 By 3 Comments
A new study of 1,450 people in their seventies suggest men develop cognitive impairment, leading to dementia, younger than women.
Do You Have a Drone Yet?
January 17, 2012 By 6 Comments
Are personal drones a good thing? I’m not sure but they are coming.
MLK Day Question: Does Jim Crow Still Exist?
January 16, 2012 By 7 Comments
How do we try to explain “Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindnes”?
Is Feeding the Poor Manly or Enabling?
August 29, 2011 By 7 Comments
Tom Matlack wonders if fighting wars or feeding hungry children is the more manly thing to do.
Addicts Are Superhuman
July 26, 2011 By 30 Comments
Is addiction really a “special gift” that, if harnessed, can be used for good rather than evil?
The 10 at 10
January 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The State of the Union in three words, women loving Troy Polamalu, and Hitler re-imagined: the 10 at 10.
We Need to Have Some Words
January 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Watch it and see if you can find the connecting words hidden inside.
Why Can’t We Walk in a Straight Line?
January 10, 2011 By 22 Comments
This in no way means you should get lippy the next time you fail a field sobriety test.
Juan Williams: Bigot?
October 22, 2010 By 2 Comments
One the biggest problems with our national discussion about race is our inability to acknowledge this distinction between pre-rational thoughts—which we all have—and the rational choice to act on them.
Another Reason to Loathe the Big Banks
October 20, 2010 By 3 Comments
Looking for another reason to hate Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and the rest of the big banks? Need any more evidence that these institutions are entitled-asshole farms?
The End of Men … Again
September 30, 2010 By 4 Comments
Remember the Atlantic’s July piece on the “End of Men”? Newsweek followed suit a couple weeks ago with an article about Men’s Lib. Now NPR is jumping on the bandwagon with an on-air debate over the realignment of masculinity. NPR Talk of the Nation’s Neal Conan spoke with writer Guy Garcia and Slate’s “XX Factor” editor, Hanna Rosin (who [...]
Punk'd (with Car Bombs)
September 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A new show on Iraq’s Al-Baghdadiya TV welds the zaniness of Punk’d with the soberness of counter-insurgency, and viewers can’t get enough. On the show (called Khali en Buca, which is Arabic for “Let’s Steal It”), prominent Iraqi celebrities—TV personalities, soccer stars, singers—are invited to the Al-Baghdadiya studio. Before they enter, security forces examine their cars at [...]
Vocalyze
“Why have artists abandoned their duty to say the unsayable?”
How does one explain the lack of moral courage in modern art?