July 24, 2018 0 The Man Who Was Buried in Paperwork In 1992, a 37-year-old man named Reliu Constantin left Romania for Turkey, hoping to find work to support his [...]
July 23, 2018 0 How a Failed Star Trek Episode Helped Save the Franchise The Star Trek franchise emerged on television screens in 1966 and — well, it wasn’t an overnight [...]
July 20, 2018 0 The Weekender, July 20, 2018 1) “How E-Commerce is Transforming Rural China” (New Yorker, 28 minutes, July 2018). You can also [...]
July 18, 2018 0 The Crime Witness Who Missed the Point The image above, well, it’s something I just pulled off the Internet. It tells a very familiar story, [...]
July 17, 2018 0 Why Hunters Wear Orange If you’re an avid deer hunter, chances are you have some very specific gear. A firearm of some sort, of [...]
July 16, 2018 0 Full-Circle Wikipedia The man flying through the air above is Mike Trout. He’s widely regarded as the world’s best [...]
July 13, 2018 0 The Weekender, July 13, 2018 1) “The mind-bendy weirdness of the number zero, explained” (Vox, 8 minutes, July 2018, plus a 5 [...]
July 11, 2018 0 A Really Bad Way to Become a Senator On December 15, 2015, Ohio state senator Izaha Akins visited the town of Sycamore, about an hour and a half [...]
July 10, 2018 0 Why Ottawa’s Airport is Called YOW Since 1927, Canada’s capital, Ottawa, has been serviced by an airport now known as Ottawa [...]
July 9, 2018 0 How To Fool the World Starting with Two All-Beef Patties International travel can be a bit tricky, at least when it comes to buying things. First, you often have to [...]