I”€™m Fact-Checking Your Brain, Dude

NEW YORK"€”I"€™ve had battles with fact-checkers my whole life. I blame The New Yorker magazine"€”that's where it all started. Harold Ross, the founder of The New Yorker, ...

Bernie Madoff

How to Think Trump

NEW YORK"€”I don"€™t wanna say Donald Trump has contempt for established rules, but he's planning his third term. This is a boon for the media, though, because at least once ...

Trump Gets as Serious as Texas

AMARILLO, Tex."€”Out on the western edge of town, right before you hit the empty prairie that runs all the way to Albuquerque, there's a big, sprawling clothing store in the ...

How to Be a Billionaire

PALM BEACH, Fla."€”Now that President-elect Trump has promised to supercharge the economy, vanquish China as a trade competitor, and make us all billionaires, you might be a ...

I Got Your Gluten Right Here, Pal

BURLINGTON, Vt."€”Okay, the next person who tells me he's gluten-free is gonna get kicked in the gluten. There's a restaurant here trying to sell me gluten-free enchiladas. I ...

Surrounded by Whiners

BERKELEY, Calif."€”Berkeley is, of course, the birthplace of the Free Speech Movement, and I happened to be here the day after the election, so I got to witness the very first ...

The Ghoul Was Truly Cool

CHICAGO"€”The death of an actor, especially a character actor, is always a profound event, because at that moment all those years spent in shabby makeup rooms pop into sharp ...

Vanderbilt University, Nashville,Tennessee

Why I”€™m Suing Vanderbilt University

PALM BEACH, Fla."€”Maybe you missed this little item, but last month Obama shut down 130 colleges in a single day. That's one-three-oh campuses in 38 states that failed to open ...

Red Snapper

Pussy Galore

NEW YORK"€”Editors all over America are dealing with the thorniest ethical question of the Presidential campaign: "€œWhat is our policy on pussy?"€ Forty years ago, when ...

Herschell Gordon Lewis

Good Night, Sweet Prince of Gore

NEW YORK"€”My friend Herschell Gordon Lewis, best known as the inventor of the slasher film, died last week in Florida at the officially announced age of 90, but knowing his ...

“€œI”€™m Not Crazy, You Are”€

NEW YORK"€”If you study Method acting at one of the great New York studios that grew out of the Stanislavsky system, the first thing they teach you is that acting is not about ...

Barney Fife Runs North Carolina

NEW YORK"€”I"€™m gonna explain this Pat McCrory thing to you. As his world crumbles around him, Pat McCrory keeps doubling down on the "€œKeep Our Public Bathrooms ...

World Trade Centre Oculus

Oculus Schmoculus

NEW YORK"€”I"€™m standing in "€œThe Oculus"€ on 9/11 and several thoughts are going through my mind. Like, what the heck is an oculus? I know it's the Latin word for ...

Hi! I”€™m Jocelyn! I”€™m Passionate About Cloud Storage!

NEW YORK"€”Hi, I"€™m Jocelyn, and I"€™m passionate about cloud storage! As founder and CEO of MeCloud, I"€™m excited to be bringing a consumer-facing enterprise team to ...

Messieurs, Ship Some Burkinis Over Here

SANDY HOOK, N.J."€”I need some French gendarmes in riot gear out here at Gunnison Beach. Can we borrow some? It's hard to find any American police officers who will walk up to ...

Kimberly Rhode

Muzzled!

SAN GABRIEL, Calif."€”Only two athletes in history have won medals in six consecutive Olympic Games. Only two. Let me put this in perspective. There are about 13,000 ...


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