The whole system of American outsourcing has rendered our industry incapable of producing the next technological innovation, which unfortunately is the key to reconstructing our economy. One example of this…
This article is a gem from a recent Longreads selection, on the subject of education. Finland’s got an optimally functioning educational system, one that America can learn a thing or…
This week in New York a Post-Irene Open Slam at louderArts, Word for Word poetry at Bryant Park, The Believer magazine celebrates its music issue, free movie at Brooklyn Bridge…
As it turns out, construction in LA used to be a lot more visually stunning. What’s up planet made of diamonds? Way to be 100 neon lights! The internet loves…
Solitary Watch reports that the Riker’s Island prison isn’t going to be evacuated even though similar small islands and barrier beaches surrounding New York City are in Zone A. In…
Matthea Harvey’s “The Crowds Cheered As Gloom Galloped Away” resides in her second full-length collection, the wonderfully-titled Sad Little Breathing Machine. It is a poem about ponies, sadness, and the…
There was a new bird species discovered in the US for the first time in 40 years. The catch? It was discovered in a museum collection. Ornithologists are still trying…
To our friends on the east coast dealing with Hurricane Irene–be safe. I know from experience it’s unlikely that any of you are reading this, but even so. A storm…
Evidently there was some news about Steve Jobs this week or something, but more importantly maybe his patents don’t count because of Stanley Kubrick. Someday I’ll stop linking to pictures…
The third leg of comic Kyle Kinane’s Great Mistakes Tour has been officially documented. This part of Isaac and Kyle’s foray into the expansive American landscape includes Sioux Falls and…
It seems like every year there are economic predictions and warnings about the impending doom that is coming or the next big thing to look out for, but what became…