August 10, 2018 0 The Weekender, August 10, 2018 1) “When a Stranger Decides to Destroy Your Life ” (Gizmodo, 10 minutes, July 2018). Monika [...]
August 8, 2018 0 The Blood*, Sweat, and Tears of English Rugby Players Every year, twenty of the top rugby union teams from England, France, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and Italy [...]
August 7, 2018 0 How the Past on TV Moves Faster, but Only So Slightly Between Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and a cadre of other paid TV streaming services, one can only [...]
August 6, 2018 0 Who You Gonna Call? Not This Ghostbuster In 1984, movie fans received in gift in the form of a sci-fi comedy titled Ghostbusters. The film proved [...]
August 3, 2018 0 The Weekender, August 3, 2018 1) “How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions” (Daily Beast, 36 minutes, [...]
August 1, 2018 0 Why You Can’t Visit Liberty’s Torch The Statue of Liberty has been towering over New York Harbor since October 28, 1886. The highest point of the [...]
July 31, 2018 0 The Mirror That Smiles Back While we can see the world around us with our own eyes, we can’t see ourselves. But we have a good [...]
July 30, 2018 0 There’s No Such Thing as a Free T-Shirt Okay, wait: there is, definitely, such a thing as a free t-shirt. (The title, in case you didn’t get [...]
July 27, 2018 0 The Weekender, July 27, 2018 1) “Mr. Rogers was my actual neighbor. He was everything he was on TV and more.” (Vox, 6 minutes, [...]
July 25, 2018 0 The Far Side Dinosaur If you’re a four-year-old kid, chances are you can name about a billion different dinosaurs — it’s [...]