October 9, 2018 0 Why We Don’t Chat Chit About Flop Flips In English, adjectives typically come before the nouns they modify — e.g. “large cat,” not [...]
October 5, 2018 0 The Weekender, October 5, 2018 1) “Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse but the rest of the world isn’t listening” [...]
October 3, 2018 0 The Kids’ TV Host Who Was Put in Time Out If you grew up in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, you know who the man pictured above is. [...]
October 2, 2018 0 The Queen’s Secret Code Think about this for a moment: when was the last time you saw a president, a prime minister, or another chief [...]
October 1, 2018 0 The Life-Saving Home Renovation In 1979, “This Old House,” one the first home improvement shows debuted. The genre expanded over [...]
September 28, 2018 0 The Weekender, September 28, 2018 1) “Blood and Oil” (Rolling Stone, 30 minutes, September 2018). The subhead: “Mexico’s [...]
September 27, 2018 0 The Tomato Plant Versus the Volcano In 1990, the New York Times called Surtsey the “Youngest Spot on Earth.” That’s probably accurate. [...]
September 26, 2018 0 Hawaii’s Spam Scam Spam, pictured above, is food… well, nominally speaking. It was invented in 1937, per Wikipedia, in an [...]
September 24, 2018 0 Barbie’s Secret Former Life as a, uh, Party Girl You know what the Barbie doll is — they’re everywhere and have been there for a long time. [...]
September 21, 2018 0 The Weekender, September 21, 2018 1) “Leave no dark corner ” (ABC News Australia, 7 minutes, September 2018). The subhead: [...]