It is now not uncommon for 11-year-olds to be diabetic. I see one reason for it every time I check out at my local Safeway in Washington. The candy is right there at the cash register, waiting to be eaten.But this does
In a speech to the 37th Zionist conference on October 20, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shocked the world by exculpating Adolf Hilter for responsibility for the Holocaust. The destruction of
Hillary Clinton’s long-awaited testimony before the House Select Committee on Benghazi Thursday has captured the attention of the political world, not because of any mystery about what happened in Lybia on September 11, 2012, but because of of the relatively high probability that someone will scre
Despite the furor over Planned Parenthood on Capitol Hill—one that helped to oust a House Speaker, no less—House Republicans have made no progress in their efforts to de
Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan declared late last month that he would not run for House speaker because, among other reasons, he didn't want to sacrifice time with his famil
I had been studying abroad in England for about a year when I finally got around to sorting through the orientation materials for my graduate program at Brown University. To my surprise, I was required to complete an online tutorial on sexual misconduct, as opposed to just being given a pamphlet on
Paul Ryan won't agree to be the next speaker of the House of Representatives unless the reactionary conservatives who comprise the House Freedom Caucus agree to meet his terms, most of which are
In a prominent national magazine, there appeared an indictment of the late Henry D. Thoreau whose literary stock the indictment’s author judged to be grossly overvalued. It wasn’t just Thoreau’s writing that deserved a take-down; so did the man himself, if in Thoreau’s case one could even di
Celebrities have finally figured out how to use social media. On Beyoncé's Instagram you can find glossy photo shoot quality snaps of Queen Bey mugging in an American flag leotard (826,000 likes) but you can also find an out-of-focu
There’s no surefire way to become an elite violin soloist, but there’s one thing in particular you can do to help your odds: Be born to musician parents. Even then, you’re probably screwed. For Izabela Wagner’s study
There’s really only one thing I can’t figure out about Drake's new track “Hotline Bling”: When, exactly, should I be listening to it? In a conference room at work, after everyone in the meeting clears out, and it’s just the videoconference setup and me? When I leave work early and decide t
