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• Why I Love My Land Line
  That smartphone can text, email, navigate, surf, organize, amuse, and waste time indefinitely. But the one thing it sucks at? Actual phone calls, writes Stephen Randall in an LA Times requiem for the land line, which "sits like a weird dusty antique on my desk. It won't let me play... […]
• Inside DC's Secret Christian Frat House
  When they learned of his affair, John Ensign’s housemates confronted him. They told him he was ruining his marriage, and offending God. In attendance, as Ensign broke down crying, were Republicans and Democrats alike, all residents of 133 C Street, a kind of boarding house for Christian lawmakers. Chip Pickering... […]
• Let Go, Helicopter Parent: Let Your Kids Walk to School
  She knows it sounds "Abe Lincolnesque," but Lenore Skenazy can't help but remember the days when kids walked to school—and can't resist taking a look at how completely crazy shepherding our kids to school has become. These days, the bus quite often stops right at each child's house ... but... […]
• Remembering Roald Dahl, 'Benevolent Sadist'
  As the 20th anniversary of Roald Dahl's death approaches, Sam Anderson takes a look at the complicated, yet beloved, children's author. Dahl's fiction is "simultaneously thrilling and absurd and puzzling and oddly disturbing"—much like the author himself, Anderson writes in New York , noting that as one reads a recent... […]
• Iran's Uranium Could Fuel 2 Warheads: Inspectors
  Iran’s uranium stockpile would be sufficient to build two nuclear warheads if Tehran was able to further enrich it, according to a new report from the International Atomic Energy Agency. But Iran’s enrichment activities actually appear to be slowing; it fed uranium into only about 43% of its centrifuges, a... […]
• Sarkozy Gets Google Bombed
  Thousands of Google bombers have made their feelings about French president Nicolas Sarkozy known: He's a "trou du cul." That's "a crude French anatomical phrase," according to the Telegraph ; Urban Dictionary is more to the point: It means "a**hole." Search for the phrase on Google and, until recently at least,... […]
• One McD's Kills Dollar Menu, Enrages Homeless
  When the McDonald's in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood got rid of its Dollar Menu, the owner claimed it was a simple grab for more money. But the homeless who often congregate outside the restaurant say it's actually a backhanded attempt to get them to move elsewhere. Now that a McDouble... […]
• Julia Gillard Clings to Power in Australia
  After more than two weeks of horse trading and backroom deals, the three independents at the center of Australia's knife-edge election have made their choice: Julia Gillard. While the right-wing Bob Katter broke with bloc to throw his support behind the Liberal/National Coalition of Tony Abbott, Rob Oakeshott and Tony... […]
• Morrissey: Chinese Are a 'Subspecies'
  Another racism flap for Morrissey: The singer called the Chinese people a "subspecies" because of their treatment of animals, and he won't back off from the remark. "Did you see the thing on the news about their treatment of animals and animal welfare? Absolutely horrific," he says in an interview... […]