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Gen-X Women at Midlife: Fear, Anxiety, Anger
Why (and How) It’s Hitting Gen X Women As I cooked dinner the other night, I thought about the women I had been talking to. They’re just entering, slogging through or just leaving their 40s. They...
View ArticleLego to cut 1,400 jobs and ‘reset company’ after sales drop
Lego is cutting jobs after sales drop (how this is possible? Setss are big $$$ and Oliver plays Lego 23 hrs/day) The privately held Danish firm said Tuesday that it “now prepares to reset the company,”...
View Article100+ exceptional works of journalism from 2016
Each year, in one of my favorite media traditions, Conor Friedersdorf picks dozens of articles, essays, podcasts, and stories from the previous year “that stood the test of time”. Here’s his...
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The Nightmare Scenario for Florida’s Coastal Homeowners
From Bloomberg On a predictably gorgeous South Florida afternoon, Coral Gables Mayor Jim Cason sat in his office overlooking the white-linen restaurants of this affluent seaside community and wondered...
View ArticleBaristas Reveal How They Really Feel When You Don’t Tip for Coffee
Okay, I generally tip well but at coffee shops, my tip (if I am alone or am just buying a coffee for myself and someone else) is 100%. Now I don’t get fancy coffees. I want a dark roast that is black...
View ArticleHow Loneliness Begets Loneliness
Social isolation kills, and in the process it makes it harder to reach out to others. A psychologist explains how to break the cycle. “I’m clearly a textbook case of the silent majority of middle-aged...
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There was nothing good: An open letter to Canadian Senator Lynn Beyak from...
The Anglican Church of Canada’s excellent open letter to Senator Lynn Beyak on Residential Schools in Canada (many of them run by the Anglican Church) Senator Beyak, you are quite right in saying that...
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The nuclear bunkers designed for luxury living
Downtown lofts are so last year. The space is elegantly furnished. Mr Hall says the standard of the finishes and attention to detail has met with an enthusiastic response from his customers. “When they...
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An epidemic of middle-aged male loneliness
This is interesting. Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general of the United States, has said many times in recent years that the most prevalent health issue in the country is not cancer or heart disease or...
View ArticleThe Simple Cure for Loneliness
Baya Voce is the host of “The Art of Connection”, a web series looking to experts from across the globe on how to the live your most fulfilled life. In this TEDx talk, Baya reveals a simple tool you...
View ArticleWhy drink alone when you can drink with your pet?
Cat wines are the latest manifestation of a growing trend of pet owners treating them like people. Over the past 15 years, “the pet market has been transformed by humanization of pets,” said David...
View ArticleMaybe there’s more that brings us together than you think
I love this It’s easy to put people in boxes. There’s us and there’s them. The high-earners and those just getting by. Those we trust and those we try to avoid. There’s the new Danes and those who’ve...
View ArticleWhy Nobody Cares the President Is Lying
This is discouraging Mr. Trump understands that attacking the media is the reddest of meat for his base, which has been conditioned to reject reporting from news sites outside of the conservative media...
View ArticleIs the Met Museum ‘a Great Institution in Decline’?
According to the New York Times The bad news had been building for months at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Even as crowds poured into shows on Hellenistic kingdoms and high-tech fashion, the Met’s...
View ArticleParents lose minds when toy doesn’t fulfill child’s emotional needs on...
Parents plan to sue because toy didn’t work right For many people, Hatchimals just went from being the holiday season’s hottest toy to being one of the most heartbreaking presents around. Dozens of...
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Best Podcasts of 2016
The Atlantic finds the best podcasts of 2016 so you don’t have to.
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The 501® Jean: Stories of an Original
Levi’s made a short documentary film about the history and cultural impact of the brand’s signature 501 jeans. We trace the 501 Jean’s roots as a utilitarian garment for coal miners, cowboys,...
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The Clocks at Grand Central Station Are Permanently Wrong
… and they’re that way on purpose. There is very little to be done about all this when space is limited, crowds are large, and humans always — always — put things off until the last minute. But Grand...
View ArticleHow Snoopy killed Peanuts
As Kotaku sees it. But near the end of the 60s and well into the 70s, the cracks started to show. Snoopy began walking on his hind legs and using his hands, and that was the beginning of the end for...
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