The media hasn’t covered itself in glory on this story so far–there have been conflicting reports from the beginning, which one can expect in any developing situation. As of now,…
Humbug is the time-honored tradition of pulling one over on your readers. It’s the art of the hoax, the creation of the fabulous. At the blog Balloon Juice, Dennis G…
If you’re connected to Wikileaks, the US government wants to see your Twitter information. They might also want to see your Facebook account, your Google search history, and who knows…
The hardest part of starting any semester is deciding which essays to assign your students, not because you want them to find enlightenment, but because you want to figure out…
At 7pm, on January 10th (this coming Monday!) at The Make-Out Room in San Francisco, The Rumpus proudly presents: “Warm Bodies, Cold Nights” Featuring authors Derrick Brown, Bucky Sinister, Andrew…
I’m sure you’re all sick and tired of reading about the Crab Nebula. This week in European pedestrian bridges. Lady tears be making dudes testosterone levels go down and such.…
This last year Ishmael Reed published a book of satirical essays targeting the current American media: Barack Obama and the Jim Crow Media: The Return of the Nigger Breakers. Despite…
If you are anything like me you want to know about caves in Nottingham. I am incredibly sorry, but I just keep thinking about all these dying birds (birds are…
Here. Here are some pictures of birds flying. Here are some old Dutch maps. Here are some new developments on wrong assumptions about Mars. Here are some practice babies.
Cell phones are increasingly cropping up in prisons, giving inmates the resources to organize strikes and play FarmVille. Travel websites Expedia and Orbitz are creating controversy by dropping American Airlines…