Officer Stephen Mader got fired for deciding not to shoot someone, and if that doesn’t say a lot about the problems with police culture in the U.S., I don’t know what to tell you.
Highlight
Posted inCrime, Current Events, Highlight, Quotes
No Justice For Old Men
In 2018, we’re inured to stories of a powerful men taking advantage of girls and getting away with it, but Jeffrey Epstein’s story still manages to horrify.
Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Quotes
Carl Weathers, You Deserved Better
Maybe with Creed II, a black actor will get the Oscar nod instead of the one white guy.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Current Events, Highlight, Quotes
Sign On the Dotted Line to Ensure Your Own Destruction
New York’s court system aids and abets predatory lenders who prey on small business owners.
Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Quotes
The Californians Who Can’t Budge
How do you hold down the fort when the fort is on fire?
Posted inFood, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
Bagels are the Best Ring-Shaped Breakfast Food and I Will Brook No Other Opinion
I love bagels, but not as as much as Lloyd Squires loves bagels.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
For Each Survivor of a Mass Shooting, a Different (Slow) Road to Recovery
Can anyone truly fully recover from witnessing — and losing loved ones — in a school shooting?
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Food, Highlight, Quotes
Bread, Disrupted
Bread: it was so terrible, right? Thank goodness the tech industry finally iterated on it so we can make a decent piece of toast after 6,000 years.
Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Quotes
But Who Gets Custody of the Dog?
It seems like America is made up of two broad groups who don’t agree on anything — maybe it’s time for a trial separation.