It’s upon us. We can talk about how much we hate Valentine’s day and how it’s a manufactured-greeting-card-capitalist holiday until we’re red in the face. Or we can use this…
“Here’s the thought experiment of the day: If you could be transported back to 1900 with your current income, would you take the deal? The answer is almost certainly no.…
Join The Rumpus on Valentine’s Day, in San Francisco for: “Do You Love Me Now?” At The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, 7pm Click here to purchase tickets! Featuring authors Deb…
Editor’s note: If you want some background on this, you can go to Claudia Rankine’s site and click on the “AWP” link. Dear friends, As many of you know I…
Before VIDA released its latest count, there was Ann Hays’ open letter to The New Yorker complaining about the dearth of women in its pages, and I remember applauding the…
Ira Flatow of Science Friday says kissing is awesome, scientifically speaking. NASA is considering a family portrait for the final Shuttle mission. Seth Mnookin lays a righteous beatdown on David…
The BBC has put together a pretty cool interactive map of Tahrir Square. Click around on it. Also from the BBC: it isn’t over yet. Don’t get too excited. Is…
So last Saturday morning, instead of blogging for you the way I usually do, I was standing behind a table at the AWP book fair with an over-caffeinated Isaac Fitzgerald…
It’s early yet for the discussions to begin on how the Egyptian revolution will turn out for the majority of Egyptians and for the rest of the region. My take…
Let us now take a look at the Bank of Moscow(why? why not?). Good news everyone, the timer on the Wiimote is more accurate than a stopwatch. The influence of…
Behold the Malcolm Gladwell Book Generator. (via Gerry Canavan.) Sheep: not nearly as dumb as THE MAN would have you think. Good news for Catholics on the go: the church…