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By Jerry Robbins A Book for Lefties, by Neil Armstrong. When he realized he couldn’t work most of the levers and dials in his spacecraft, Neil vowed to write this book. It encourages all southpaws to stand up for their lefts. Twelve Principles of Impos... More »
By Dawn Corrigan VOICE OVER: Hoarding. A nightmare that touches millions. It threatens health. It destroys livelihoods. Good evening, I’m David Muir. Welcome to a very special edition of Hoarders. Tonight we’ll investigate wealth hoarders—those individu... More »
by Christine Stevens 1 And the Lord God looked upon the First Woman as she came of an age when the skin becomes as a desert and the daily use of a good moisturizer becomes as a Commandment and He said unto her “Thou shalt swab thy self with unguents so that ... More »
Jonathan Zimmerman University of Pennsylvania “When Jesus was falsely accused of treason, Pontius Pilate gave Jesus the opportunity to face his accusers. During that sham trial, Pontius Pilate afforded more rights to Jesus than Democrats afforded this pre... More »
I very much appreciate the slightly warm welcome and I realize that, by now, many of you are aware that I am not the Dr. C Miller you expected. You thought you were getting the esteemed social scientist with his own TV show (second in popularity only to Dr. Oz... More »
CANDIDATES ANONYMOUS (a short screenplay about a very long campaign) By Mollie Fermaglich FADE IN: INT. – Basement of a Washington D.C. church – Evening Modest, poorly lit large space. A tall coffee urn sits on a long aluminum table on one side of th... More »
Priyanka, age 36, mother of two, head completely shaved, sits in her small metal home, waiting for a pot of water to boil over an open stovetop. One of her children is out in search of scrap metal, while her baby sleeps on a thin mat, behind a sullen curtain. ... More »
Step 1: Begin honing your detective skills by watching the fifty-two movie and series versions of Sherlock Holmes, totaling approximately seventy-five hours of binge watching, or pick up a used copy of The Official Nancy Drew Handbook, by Penny Warner, where a... More »
(The year is 2021, or if the Democrats go down to defeat in the 2020 presidential election, 2025.) Welcome to the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library located in the lobby of Trump Tower Moscow right next to Comrade Mitch McConnell’s Vodka Bar. To make your ... More »
(Books referenced in this piece: The Library Book by Susan Orlean The Great American Novel by Philip Roth A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need by Andrew Tobias) What are you reading these ... More »
“The Secretary of Commerce threatened to fire top employees at the federal agency responsible for weather forecasts last Friday after the agency’s Birmingham office contradicted President Trump’s claim that Hurricane Dorian might hit Alabama.”—The Ne... More »
Rational Policy Institute of America “Sola Libertas” Rational Policy Institute of America 270 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 “No Reason to be Discouraged: A Market Solution for the Morose Multitude” Abstract: Responding to the growing number of Amer... More »