January 31, 2017 0 The Racist Super Hero Who Never Made It Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Thor, Daredevil, even Aquaman. All superheroes. All dudes. All white, [...]
January 30, 2017 0 The Man Who Gets Lots of Credit In your wallet, you probably have a credit card or two. Or maybe four or five, if we’re getting on the [...]
January 27, 2017 0 The Weekender, January 27, 2017 1) “How a 2011 Hack You’ve Never Heard of Changed the Internet’s Infrastructure ” (Slate, [...]
January 26, 2017 0 The Trickiest Tongue Twister A tongue twister is a phrase which is difficult to say, especially when repeated multiple times in rapid [...]
January 25, 2017 0 In the Lime of Fire If you’re in the United States and there’s a lime nearby, it’s almost certain that the [...]
January 24, 2017 0 Why the U.S. Government Really Wants Some People To Take Vacations In the United States, generally, the law doesn’t require that employers provide paid time off — [...]
January 23, 2017 0 Why In America, It’s Typically Free to Go Pee The restrooms at malls, airports, or other major public places can be a risky experience. It’s a simple [...]
January 20, 2017 0 Twenty-Five Years Ago Today Was A Good Day — Maybe On February 24, 1993, American gangsta rap star Ice Cube released the song “It Was a Good Day.” The song [...]
January 19, 2017 0 Where Ten Degrees Below Zero is Unreasonably Warm The picture above is a forest, frozen over and covered in ice and snow. The photograph was taken in February [...]
January 18, 2017 0 How Pride Makes Basketball Players Worse Rick Barry played professional basketball from 1965–1980, in both the NBA as well as the now-defunct ABA. [...]