February 3, 2017
Ten Meter Tower
“Overcoming our most cautious impulses with bravery unites all humankind.” http://nyti.ms/2kYd104
February 1, 2017
Cincinnati’s Inventor of the Reform Dress
“Intellects and minds brought to a high state of cultivation are being wasted on devising…
February 1, 2017
The world should be grieving
“But you know, and I know, that had this shooter been a Muslim, who killed…
January 26, 2017
From Syria, With Love
“On our porch, our neighbors left stuffed animals, bedsheets, pans and cutlery. We filled the…
January 20, 2017
The Real Reason Your City Has No Money
“It's obvious to me why this is fatal, but for those of you for whom…
January 13, 2017
Norway’s new passport
“Design has a natural role in helping express what country or culture you are a…
January 13, 2017
Andy Cohen’s America
“He was right. Trump was not not like one of Cohen’s Housewives. He knew he…
January 12, 2017
Frozen Turkey
“Snow in Istanbul always feels magical, but for a few days this week and last,…
January 11, 2017
He Did Us Proud
“this trend represents a third threat to our democracy. Look, politics is a battle of…
January 5, 2017
Why Men Don’t Want the Jobs Done Mostly by Women
“We have a cultural lag where our views of masculinity have not caught up to…
December 30, 2016
Seat the bores together
“It will make your gatherings more fun — for everyone. “They don’t realize they’re the…
December 27, 2016
Rewriting the Code of Life
“The idea that nature is the essence of goodness, is purity and truth, is so…
December 9, 2016
On Optimism and Despair
“In this world there is only incremental progress. Only the willfully blind can ignore that…
December 9, 2016
The most disruptive phase of globalization
“When Dyson offshored its jobs from the UK to Malaysia it wasn’t moving goods but…
December 9, 2016
The art of punching down
“Trump has said that, by his nature, he is “a counterpuncher.” Fair enough. But it…
December 9, 2016
Delving Into The Oakland Fire
“you can’t be effective in arrests and imposing building codes. That’s ludicrous.” http://nyti.ms/2ggZ72a
December 4, 2016
Hooked for Life
“After several years of decline, the number of American children playing tackle football rose 2…
December 2, 2016
52 things I learned in 2016
“Intervision, the 70s Soviet answer to the Eurovision Song Contest, was judge by electricity grid…
November 9, 2016
Nation Elects First Black-Hearted President
WASHINGTON—Shattering a barrier long thought unbreakable in the United States, Donald Trump, the 70-year-old billionaire…
November 5, 2016
Not just politics and board rooms
“Tiffany Shlain explores the 10,000 year history of women + power and asks, where are…
November 3, 2016
“Sodomites”
Julliard rickrolls Westboro Baptist http://bit.ly/2fztoOQ
October 31, 2016
We asked 86 burglars how they broke into homes
““In my opinion, I think homeowners should always leave a TV or radio on,” said…
October 22, 2016
Poor kids who do everything right don’t do better than rich kids who do everything wrong
America is the land of opportunity, just for some more than others. That's because, in…
October 22, 2016
Why We’re Living in the Age of Fear
Jen Senko believes that her father was brainwashed. As Senko, a New York filmmaker, tells…
October 21, 2016
Be Kind
“But what did you learn?” http://bit.ly/2eBK9Dm
October 21, 2016
The scientists who make apps addictive
“When you get to the end of an episode of “House of Cards” on Netflix,…
October 20, 2016
Should We See Everything a Cop Sees?
One of the first bodycam videos that Clemans uploaded shows a young black woman sitting…
October 17, 2016
People who are truly strong lift others up
“I know it's a campaign, but this isn't about politics. It's about basic human decency.”…
October 11, 2016
I owe it all to you
Genius Matches Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton's Lips to '(I've Had) The Time of My Life'…