March 23, 2018 0 The Weekender, March 23, 2018 1) “Why He Kayaked Across the Atlantic at 70 (for the Third Time)” (New York Times Magazine, 26 [...]
March 21, 2018 0 Why Tennis Balls Are Yellow Over the last few days, there’s been a debate raging on Twitter about a seemingly unimportant question: [...]
March 20, 2018 0 When the Driver Walks Away When to board a train, you expect to arrive at your destination roughly on time. Sure, there are a lot of [...]
March 19, 2018 0 The Snowball Fight that Mother Nature Won If you’re in the United States and a fan of roller coasters, you’re probably familiar with Six [...]
March 16, 2018 0 The Weekender, March 16, 2018 1) “The Rise and Fall of Professional Bowling ” (Priceonomics, 13 minutes, March 2014). There was [...]
March 14, 2018 0 How Chairman Mao Turned Freedom into Oppression The right to dissent is a fundamental precept of free societies. When addressing the relative freedom (or [...]
March 13, 2018 0 How Hitchcock Kept Psycho a Secret Alfred Hitchcock has a lot of incredible films to his credit, but few are as iconic as the 1960 thriller [...]
March 12, 2018 0 How A Nearly-Perfect Crime Became Perfect Again After Harrod’s of London, Berlin’s Kaufhaus des Westens, pictured above, is the continent’s [...]
March 9, 2018 0 The Weekender, March 9, 2018 1) “How to Get Rich Playing Video Games Online” (New Yorker, 21 minutes, November 2017). This [...]
March 8, 2018 0 The Gas Station Where You Can Fill Your Belly Pictured above is the Conoco gas station at 5901 Watauga Road in Watauga, Texas, via Google Maps. In case you [...]