Jose Padua finds that the Civil War is hardly over in his hometown.
Loud Talkers and Slow Walkers: A Curmudgeon’s Diary
Tom Gualtieri’s inner curmudgeon has his day in New York.
When Did Sex in Fiction Get So Unsexy?
Mark Brand on the decline of quality, sex, and quality sex in mass market fiction.
‘Beatles vs. Stones’ Reveals Myths About Both Bands
A new book on the classic rivalry that reveals what kind of guy you are.
Six Things I’ve Learned from the Syria Crisis
Robert Burke Warren participated in the collective sigh of relief that came from the decision not to go to war with Syria. And have we learned anything from the crisis? Well, yes.
Drugs in the Bathroom, Lines on the Court
Sean Beaudoin used to knit. Yeah, so what? You got a problem with that? No, you mind your own business. No, you shut up.
CrossFit Nation
Eric LeMay explores the CrossFit phenomenon and what its military ethos says about us as a nation.
Muffingate: The Absurdity of American Politics (and Life)
Gabe Durham captures everything great, terrible, and ludicrously random about America.
Separate but Equal: Film and Gaming
From Bubble Bobble to Bioshock Infinite, Samuel Sattin explores the evolution of modern gaming, and how it’s come to share in a tenuous relationship with its cousin in cables: film.
Egypt: The Unraveling
Egyptian Poet Yahia Lababidi on Egypt’s violence and trying to find hope and humanity after the scores of killings.
The 10 Best Worst Horror Movies of All Time
Summer is the perfect time to catch up on your favorite terrible old movies. Tom Gualtieri counts down 10 of the best worst horror films of all time.
Read This. Please. The Horrors of Self Promotion.
Sean Beaudoin hates the treadmill of self-promotion that he’s on. But as a writer, what choice does he have?
Nature vs Nurture vs Parker Stevenson
Tom Gualtieri on the origins of his sexuality.
My Life With The Grimms of Humboldt County
Meth, bikers, hoarders, and a semester at Humboldt State University. Rob Roberge recounts a harrowing attempt to get clean while getting a degree.
How We Memorialize Our Idols
Shrines to dead celebrities have come a long way since the standard gravestone. Lawrence Benner explains how these days, nobody wants to be the witless mourner who just carves some platitude on a stone.
The 50 Greatest Civil War Names
In honor of 4th of July, Brandon Claycomb lists the 50 greatest names in the history of our nation’s Civil War.