August can be a slow news month, until the center of the nervous earth sneezes.
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Futon matter
Waiting for the cows to come home helps unravel semantic mysteries.
Yes he can
Bashing Trump is easy, so is failing to see his messages as a "Yes We Can" for another constituency.
Leaving tomorrow
The illusion of geography can make you think retirement will change your soul. It won't.
I AM NAKED :)
When your wolves fail you, Amy, Ariana, Brittany and Becky Beaver are ripe to make their cases.
So You Want to be President?
Trump vs. Clinton is entertaining television, yes, but what it's not is a debate.
Blind screws
When you can't read books or labels, try a 19th-century solution (via China). And weep.
The suicide party
Apologies to my progressive Trump-hating friends who see the re-election of the former president as a step toward American fascism, [...]
Home sweet Rome
When I left Rome in 2007, I did so in furia e fretta. Harried. I was stuffing things into my [...]
Takoma Music School
Takoma Park, Maryland, a quirky counter cultural oasis perched on the edge of the nation’s capital, is well known for [...]
Your inner weed
I have been doing a lot of weeding lately. As often happens when doing this kind of mindless chore, my [...]
Eat my head
Teenage Rebecca Stein is going through a crisis or two — pretty terrible ones at that. A crisis called acne. A crisis called weight. Her father, Joel Stein, thinks she looks okay.