December 23, 2016 0 The Weekender, December 23, 2016 1) “Homer and Harold” (The Marshall Project, 23 minutes, December 2016). As the sub-head notes, [...]
December 22, 2016 0 How Paying Attention in Elementary School Can Save Lives On December 26, 2004, a 9.1 to 9.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sumatra. The [...]
December 21, 2016 0 Japan’s Lucky Break It’s a trend that’s recently taken American grocery stores by storm: limited-edition and [...]
December 20, 2016 0 Hitting the Bottle Beer, Benjamin Franklin is (falsely) credited with observing, “is proof that God loves us and wants us to [...]
December 19, 2016 0 The Tropical Toilets We Love to Visit Pictured below are two photos featuring sand but in two different contexts. The top image is a [...]
December 16, 2016 0 You’ve Got The Right Stuffed In the 2003 book “Bringing Down the House,” author Ben Mezrich tells the story of a team of [...]
December 15, 2016 0 The Korean War on Christmas Christmastime comes with Christmas trees and Christmas lights — both are a way to make a festive time [...]
December 13, 2016 0 The Midnight Ride of Sybil Ludington The American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born Maine in 1807, which is to say that he wasn’t [...]
December 12, 2016 0 Welcome to Temporary Anxiety Given the security measures surrounding modern air travel, it’s virtually impossible to end up on the [...]
December 9, 2016 0 The Weekender: December 9, 2016 1) “The Scientists Who Make Apps Addictive” (1843 Magazine/The Economist, 19 minutes, [...]