Obviously, it’s that time of year when all boys and girls – even very grownup ones – worry about whether they’ve been naughty or nice and whether Santa (or whomever buys them gifts) is going to be generous based on their deeds. And so although you might think that I’d start listing sites, like Bang …
It made big news when President Trump referred to Senator Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas” recently. Various conservative news sources have defended him by explaining that he was referring a theory held by some that she exaggerated her Native American heritage to advance her career as an Ivy League professor. Others have called her “Fauxcahontas” for …
I overheard a hipster say Black Friday got its name from all the insane stampedes of shoppers that have caused injury and worse. Such anti-retail rhetoric seemed rich considering he ordered a $17 glass of bubble-free artisanal tap water. Especially when he whipped out his own vintage crazy straw to sip it through and told …
Mother’s Day has many of us thinking about how wonderful the women who raised us are. Such a vision of motherhood tends to conjure thoughts of the purity of motherly love. But sometimes, when we stop thinking about our mommy dearest and start thinking about other people’s, we find ourselves imagining the sexiest moms we’d …
The chipper little rhyme “April showers bring May flowers” made me fail an exam at school once. Teacher explained to me that the Pilgrims arrived in November 1620 – not spring of that year. I might have passed that test if it was horticultural class, not early American history. At any rate, now that I …
