December 2014 - The American Mag

Another year

Life is like so much like a river that you might as well set aside the box of chocolates.

Dog-owners have the internationally annoying habit of behaving like... dog-owners.

Responses to music can thrill and sate the body like sex and food. The question is why.

Resolutions are handy to make , but in many cases they're really about beating darkness.

Nicolò Fortuni and Nico Vascellari, a.k.a. Niños du Brasil, gave 2014 a special edge.

The "I can't breathe" case of Eric Garner is the latest example of an unsettling American legal pattern.

Making good bread depends above all on the quality of the flour you use to tease up yeast's appetite.

Being a whimsical boy with worlds to conquer confuses adults who don't speak couch.

Zeroing in on elite campuses when it comes to sexual abuse may mask more complex resentments.

Britain's new guidelines on home childbirth have mothers-to-be in needless stitches.

Wanting to have someone to come home to can play tricks on the needy heart.