Jothy Rosenberg has done a lot in his life. And he’s done it all on one leg.
Archives for 2010
Study of the Day: Gender Equality Worldwide
Want to live in a world where men and women are equal? Move to Scandinavia.
The Duke F**k List and the Age of Zero Privacy
Does hooking up hurt our future relationships—and should we be adjusting our private behavior for a potential audience?
3 out of 4 Tweets Totally Ignored
Companies use it, celebrities hump it, and ordinary schmoes like you and me transform the achingly mundane into inflated snapshots of what life is really like. But nobody gives a shit.
Cheat on Your Wife for $100,000
It seems like a match made … err … several hundred feet below the surface of the earth.
Candidates Everywhere Told to ‘Man Up’
Sarah Palin famously accused President Obama of not having “cojones,” apparently unaware that she is without that dingly-dangly courage-center herself. In so doing, she seems to have set off a wave of post-feminist, post-logical attacks.
The Power of Forgiveness
Our friends at Fox 25 Morning News put together this piece about two local news stories in which victims forgave the people who changed their lives forever.
Eminem: The Conversation Continues
Tom Matlack and blogging playwright Mariah MacCarthy continue the conversation about Eminem and domestic abuse.
Tom Matlack Loves ‘the Way You Lie’
Tom Matlack thinks a little too deeply about the Eminem duet with Rihanna, and it sparks a conversation about manhood and domestic abuse.
I Let My Daughter Listen to Snoop
John Cave Osborne wonders if censoring his daughter’s access to pop music is the right thing to do.
Urban Camping
The backyard becomes a campground when a tent goes up alongside the driveway.
Jump Around
Word to your moms I came to drop bombs I got more rhymes than the Bible’s got Psalms House of Pain Don’t ask me what it is about this song. I just like it. I mean, c’mon—who doesn’t like an Irish-American rap band? Am I right? Who’s with me? If you don’t like it, that’s…
A Heat Wave, an Archeological Ruin, and a Foundation for Marriage
High atop the Acropolis on his honeymoon, Gabi Schaffzin realizes that now is the time when things begin to matter.
In Defense of ‘Learning How to Learn’
Michael Roth, President of Wesleyan University, responds to our post about the reported death of liberal-arts education.
An Interview with Paul Harding
Perry Glasser interviews the 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner about his experience getting his novel published.
Man of the Day: Rick Stoddard
In 2000, Rick Stoddard lost his wife, Marie, to lung cancer. Since then, he has become one of the most tenacious anti-smoking campaigners in the country.