On Tuesday, in conjunction with the publication of a “listicle” (definition here) called “The News Today: 7 Trends in Old and New Media,” the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution hosted a... Read More

For all our complaining about the religious right’s inappropriate influence in politics and religious conservatives’ attempts to tear down the church-state wall, the secular movement is actually doing quite well. The most recent Pew Research... Read More

The selfie is defined by some psychologists as “a self-portrait photograph of oneself (or of oneself and other people), taken with a camera or a camera phone held at arm’s length or pointed at a... Read More

The Jim Gaffigan Show stars the eponymous comic, actor, voice-over artist, and author in a fictionalized version of his life as a comedian living in New York City with wife Jeannie (played by Ashley Williams)... Read More

The Flying Spaghetti Monster throwing Ramen to his devoted Pastafarians. People dressed as the entire cast of characters from Captain America posing in the middle of the hallway for a photo-op. A father and his... Read More

A new season of football has begun, but even those who lack interest in the sport are aware that the National Football League is struggling amidst cheating scandals, domestic violence cases, and increasing instances of... Read More

In a White House ceremony last Thursday, President Barack Obama honored the 2014 recipients of the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal. In all, eighteen individuals—artists, singers, actors, writers, three organizations, an... Read More