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My Passion is Directionless (and I Think That’s OK)
I had a minor epiphany tonight. A few months ago, I started a blog with some friends. It was essentially a way for us to compile and discuss the stories that we shared with each other on a daily basis anyway. It lasted about four months. Eventually, we all just stopped writing. If you were […]
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On Medium: Stories About My Dad
I’ve had this idea for a little while that it would be fun to recount stories my dad told me about his childhood. He lived a pretty reckless young adult life, and now his stories are always a favorite at family gatherings. Yesterday, I finally sat down and wrote a fictionalized version of a story […]
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Slow Motion Bias
Beth Mole covers a new study that shows that “slow motion might actually muddle” our perception of premeditation: To see if artificially lengthened footage can alter perceptions, the researchers showed 489 volunteers a similar five-second video clip of an armed robbery that ended with a robber shooting a sales clerk. Participants watched the clip at […]
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Why Blink-182 is Back
Amanda Petrusich writes about Blink-182’s nostalgic resurgence: The grievances and pleasures Blink-182’s songs express—the dumbness of adults, how weird sex is, how cool jokes are, how lonesome life can be—are the kinds of things that get worried over most loudly from ages twelve to eighteen. It’s tempting to think that our emotions become more complex […]
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Anti-Islamic Pastor Condemns Islamophobia He Helped Create
Pastor Greg Locke wants you to know that, despite his history of promoting religious hatred against Muslims, he’s “not going to be a jerk for Jesus.” In a recent video on Locke’s Facebook page titled “WHAT A MUSLIM MAN JUST TOLD ME HAS ME FURIOUS,” Locke tells his followers a story about a Muslim family […]
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Minnesota Muslim Harasser Finds Hero in Donald Trump
We often hear that Donald Trump expresses what many conservatives have felt for some time — that he is a voice for the “silent majority.” He is also the political embodiment of the vile hatred that some conservatives have unleashed out loud for years, and his rhetoric is only going to make things worse. For […]
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Here come the Minnesota jokes…
Well, this isn’t what Minnesotans wanted to be known for… Hey @ForTheWin — here’s something you don’t see every day! Happened at tonight’s Minnesota United game. pic.twitter.com/DqdqexW1Vz — Ryan Shaver (@RShaverSports) July 21, 2016 Please, Sports Center, don’t put us on your Not Top 10. It’s bad enough that Digg has picked it up.
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Good night, D.B. Cooper
It’s been nearly 45 years since a man known as D.B. Cooper hijacked a plane, exchanged passengers for $200,000 and parachutes, then leapt out of the back of the plane and into mystery. Now the FBI is finally closing the case in order to keep resources from being diverted on a fool’s errand. Peter Holley reports: “Although […]
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Maureen Dowd needs a new hobby.
When Maureen Dowd writes a column about the Clintons, is there anyone in the world who doesn’t already know what she’s going to say? Her latest, “The Clinton Contamination” (another blisteringly clever title from Ms. Dowd), is a diatribe comprised of Dowd’s greatest Clinton hits, with some current events tossed in to convince readers of her […]
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The Rough Waters of the Conspira Sea Cruise
Anna Merlan has an exceptionally good recap of her time aboard the Ruby Princess, which hosted “the first annual sea cruise for conspiracy theorists.” On the open waters, she came face-to-face with fanatical believers in everything from fairies to mind control; she stood her ground when conference leaders accused her of being a government plant; and she […]
Timothy Pate 